[Seven wise masters of Rome] [fragment] London: Richard Pynson, ca. 1493

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Total number of pages	2
Format	4°

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Digital Resources & Modern References
Digitisation	https://search.proquest.com/docview/2248547025/?accountid=10923
Modern Edition
Modern research literature	Schlusemann (2023)
Catalogue	ESTC S114568, STC (2nd ed) 21297, Duff (1917)

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Language Information
Language of text	English
Regional or specific language of text	Middle English
Source for regional or specific language of text
Prose or verse	Prose

Note
This fragmentary print is listed as number 370 in Duff, and STC 21297/ESTC S114568. It contains part of the end of the Prince's story, Vaticinium, and is the earliest (and only 15th-century) extant English print.

Titles & Classification
Standardised title of narrative	The Seven Wise Masters
Incipit or textual title	the mete was redy: and the tyme of the day was come to go to dyner
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
└ Language Group within Version	English Version H
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version	English Prints (H)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)

Printing Details
Name of printer	Richard Pynson
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Place of printing	London, UK
Date of Printing	1493
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Physical Characteristics
Material	Paper
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Illustrations	No

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