Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. lat. qu. 618

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Manuscript Identification

Siglum / Shelfmark
Ms. lat. qu. 618
Page / Folio range
118r-135v

Textual Content & Tradition

Standardised title of narrative
Incipit or textual title
Historia de Septem Sapientibus
Version (siglum)
Language Group within Version


Translated / adapted from (Version/Text)
Hebrew Mishle Sendebar
Source for textual relationship


Digitisation & Editions


Authorship & Production


Place of Production
Date of Production
1407
Source of Date of Production

Physical Description

Material
Total pages / folios
148


Script style / form
German
Illustrations
No

Contents & Additional Texts

Other texts in the Manuscript
  • Folios 1r — 105v: The Latin translation of Marco Polo's travels in three books by Franciscus Pipinus de Bononia of the Order of Preachers (along with a prologue).
  • Folios 105v — 118v: De locis terrae sanctae visitatis per me fratrem Franciscum Pipinum civem Bononiensem de ordine predicatorum ("On the places of the Holy Land visited by me, Brother Franciscus Pipinus, citizen of Bologna, of the Order of Preachers").
  • Folios 118r — 135r: Incipit ystoria de Septem sapientibus ("Here begins the story of the Seven Wise Men")

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue
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Research Material

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