Berlin Staatsbibliothek mgf 59
From Seven Sages of Rome
| Manuscript | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Reference Number | Ger2 | ||
| Location | Berlin, Staatsbibliothek | ||
| Siglum/Shelfmark | Berlin Staatsbibliothek mgf 59 | ||
| Page/Folio range | ff. 95r-133r | ||
| 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 B1 | ||
| 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. | ||
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| Author | |||
| Place of Manuscript Production | Germany | ||
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1432/1437 | ||
| Source of date Manuscript Production | Detlef Roth, Überlieferungskontexte als Zugang zu mittelalterlichen Texten am Beispiel der 'Sieben weisen Meister', Zeitschrift für deutsche Philologie 122 (2003), p. 363.
Handschriftencensus: 'Handschriftenbeschreibung 4378', https://handschriftencensus.de/4378 | ||
| Material | Paper | ||
| Language of Manuscript | German (High and Low German) | ||
| Regional or specific Language of Manuscript | Alsatian | ||
| Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript | Peter Hommers, Gesta Romanorum deutsch. Untersuchungen zur Überlieferung und Redaktionengliederung, Diss. München, Markdorf, 1968, p. 19. | ||
| Prose or Verse | Prose | ||
| Other texts in the Manuscript | The codex exists in three parts. The first part consists solely of Daniel Sudermann's claim of ownership, and blank pages. The second part opens with the Alsatian Troy Book, followed by the Gesta Romanorum (version G), ff. 93v-165r, within which the Seven Sages exists (ff. 95r-133r). The third part contains practical texts (medical, astronomical, agricultural). | ||
| Script style/form | |||
| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | 238 | ||
| Height | 265 | ||
| Width | 187 | ||
| Illustrations | No | ||
| Digitisation | http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00015A5A00000000 | ||
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| Catalogue | |||
| Modern Research Literature | Gerdes (1992), Gerdes (2004), Roth (2003) | ||
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript
| Short Story | Sequence Number | Narrator | Name Variations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbor | 1 | Empress | |
| Canis | 2 | Bancillas | Bacillas |
| 3 | Empress | ||
| 4 | Lentulus | ||
| 5 | Empress | ||
| 6 | Cato | Katho | |
| 7 | Empress | ||
| 8 | Malquidras | Malquindrach | |
| 9 | Empress | ||
| 10 |
