Bern Riddles

Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 611, f. 73v: two of the Bern Riddles (De sale, salt, and De mensa, table), from the manuscript that gives the collection its name.

The Bern Riddles, also known as Aenigmata Bernensia, Aenigmata Hexasticha or Riddles of Tullius, are a collection of 64 rhythmic Latin riddles, named after the location of their earliest surviving manuscript, which today is held in Bern (though probably produced in Bourges): the early eighth-century Codex Bernensis 611.[1][2]

  1. ^ Mittenhuber, Florian (2016). "Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 611".
  2. ^ David Ganz, 'In the Circle of the Bishop of Bourges: Bern 611 and Late Merovingian Culture], in East and West in the Early Middle Ages: The Merovingian Kingdoms in Mediterranean Perspective, ed. by Stefan Esders, Yaniv Fox, Yitzhak Hen and Laury Sarti (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019), pp. 265-80; doi:10.1017/9781316941072.018.