Stuttgart Württembergische Landesbibliothek HB XII 20

Manuscript Identification

Reference Number

Latin39

Location

Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek

Siglum / Shelfmark

HB XII 20

Page / Folio range

66rb-97vb

Textual Content & Tradition

Standardised title of narrative

Historia Septem Sapientum

Incipit or textual title

Sequitur nunc de septem sapientibus

Version (siglum)

H (Historia Septem Sapientum)

Language Group within Version

Latin Version H

Narrative / Scholarly Group within Version

Group II

Further scholarly subgroup (2)

Text St

Source for textual relationship

Roth (2004)

Languages

Language of text

Latin

Digitisation & Editions

Modern Editions

Roth, Historia Septem Sapientum (2004)

Note

"Historia" (relatively) clearly stands out as an independent text from the "Gesta Romanorum" (see Roth 2004, p.62).

Authorship & Production

Scribe

Schwitzer

Place of Production

Kloster Wiblingen, Ulm-Wiblingen, Germany

Date of Production

1459

Source of Date of Production

Roth (2004)

Physical Description

Material

Paper

Total pages / folios

140

Height

295

Width

205

Illustrations

No

Contents & Additional Texts

Other texts in the Manuscript

Ir : blank

Iv : contents 1ra-66ra : Gesta Romanorum moralizata 66rb-97vb : Historia septem sapientum 98ra-101vb : De Gregorio quomodo factus fuit papa 102ra-103rb : De arbore habens VII ramos 103va-120rb : Legenden 120rb-128va : Exempla (mostly Christian) 128va-131va : De passione Christi et planctu Mariae 131va-vb : Exempla 132ra-134vb : De Adam et Eua 134vb-135ra : De indigne communicantibus 135rb-vb : De S. Gertrudis virgine

136-137 : blank

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue

Modern Research Literature

Roth (2004), Oesterley (1872), Buhl / Kurras (1969)

Research Material

Has Research Material Title	Has Research Material Link	Has Research Material Description