Frankfurt a. M. Universitätsbibliothek Ms. Praed. 91
| Manuscript | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Reference Number | Ger4 | ||
| Location | Frankfurt a. M., Universitätsbibliothek | ||
| Siglum/Shelfmark | Frankfurt a. M., Universitätsbibl., Ms. Praed. 91 | ||
| Page/Folio range | ff. 69v-129r | ||
| Standardised title of narrative | |||
| Incipit or textual title | |||
| Version (siglum) | H (Historia Septem Sapientum) | ||
| └ Language Group within Version | German Version H | ||
| └ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version | Prose Version H | ||
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (1) | Redaction B | ||
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (2) | Text Fr | ||
| Translated/adapted from (Version/Text) | |||
| Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition | Udo Gerdes, 'Sieben weise Meister', Verfasserlexikon, Vol 8 (1992), pp. 1174-1189, and Vol 11 (2004), pp. 1430. | ||
| Scribe | |||
| Author | |||
| Place of Manuscript Production | |||
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1477/1498 | ||
| Source of date Manuscript Production | Handschriftencensus 4757: https://handschriftencensus.de/4757, Gerhardt Powitz, Die Handschriften des Dominikanerklosters und des Leonhardstifts in Frankfurt am Main (Kataloge der Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main 2,I), Frankfurt a.M. 1968, pp. 211-214. | ||
| Material | Parchment and paper | ||
| Language of Manuscript | German (High and Low German) | ||
| Regional or specific Language of Manuscript | Rheinfränkisch | ||
| Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript | Handschriftencensus 4757: https://handschriftencensus.de/4757 | ||
| Prose or Verse | Prose | ||
| Other texts in the Manuscript | ff. 2r-19v: Maria Aegyptiaca' (Rheinfrk. Verslegende)
ff. 20r-36r = 'Veronika' II ff. 37v-62r = Losbuch der Beginen und Begarden [fragm.] ff. 64r-68r = Zodiakalmondbuch ff. 69v-129r = 'Gesta Romanorum', (Redaction G)/'Sieben weise Meister' | ||
| Script style/form | |||
| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | 129 | ||
| Height | 225 | ||
| Width | 170 | ||
| Illustrations | No | ||
| Digitisation | http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:2-15666 | ||
| Modern Editions | |||
| Catalogue | |||
| Modern Research Literature | Gerdes (1992), Gerdes (2004), Roth (2003) | ||
Note: The Brothers Grimm were interested in some of the texts in this manuscript, particularly the Veronica; Berlin, Staatsbibl. mgq 956 contains a copy of 'Veronika' II made for the Brothers Grimm by Franz Roth in 1842. See Hermann Degering, 'Kurzes Verzeichnis der germanischen Handschriften der Preußischen Staatsbibliothek II. Die Handschriften in Quartformat' (Mitteilungen aus der Preußischen Staatsbibliothek VIII), Leipzig 1926 (Nachdruck Graz 1970), p. 161; Ralf Breslau, 'Der Nachlass der Brüder Grimm, Teil 2: Katalog' (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Kataloge II.3.2), Wiesbaden 1997, p. 727 (No. 2128).
