Trier Stadtbibliothek Hs. 1935/1432 4°

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Manuscript
Reference Number Ger12
Location Trier, Statbliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark Trier, Stadtbibl., Hs. 1935/1432 4°
Page/Folio range ff. 51ra-vb, 48ra-vb, 61ra-80va
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 T
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
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Author
Place of Manuscript Production Klausen, Germany
Date of Manuscript Production
Source of date Manuscript Production Handschriftencensus 4086: https://handschriftencensus.de/4086Bushey (1996)
Material Paper
Language of Manuscript German (High and Low German)
Regional or specific Language of Manuscript Moselle FranconianMoselfränkischWest Central German with Low German influences
Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript Bushey (1996)
Prose or Verse Prose
Other texts in the Manuscript The codex is divided into four parts. Parts 1, 2, and 3 contain instructional literature and religious texts in German and Latin, including 'Sibyllen Buch', Augustine's 'De quantitate animae', Marquard von Lindau's 'Auszug der Kinder Israel' and 'Dekalogerklärung', and Dirk van Delft's 'Tafel van den kersten ghelove'.

Part 4 begins with 'Lucidarius' (ff. 20vb-51ra, 60ra-60vb), followed by 'Gesta Romanorum' (ff. 51ra-101ra), including the Sieben weise Meister (ff. 51ra-vb, 48ra-vb, 61ra-80va).

Part 4 continues with religious texts, prayers, and meditations in Low German, High German, and Latin, including apocalyptic texts, and concludes with Otto von Diemeringen's redaction of John Mandeville's Travels ('Reisebeschreibung'), ff. 122ra-199ra.

Total pages/folios in Manuscript 230
Height 280
Width 205
Illustrations No
Digitisation
Modern Editions
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Bushey (1996)
General Notes (Internal)