Historia septem sapientum Romae. [Gouda: Gerard Leeu, 1479-1482]

General Information

Reference Number

LatPrint3

Page / Folio range

2a-79a

Total number of pages/folios

80

Format

4°, a-k⁸

Textual Relationships

Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition

Roth (2004)

Digital Resources & Modern References

Modern Edition

Roth, Historia Septem Sapientum (2004)

Modern research literature

Roth (2004), Copinger (1895-1902), Goff (1973), Lists of books (1913), Klebs (1938), Moldenhauer (1923b), Polain (1932), Oates (1954), Proctor (1898), Rest (1924), Thurston / Bühler (1939), Campbell (1874), GW

Catalogue

GW 12850: https://www.gesamtkatalogderwiegendrucke.de/docs/GW12850.htm

Copies

Has Library	Has Shelfmark	Has Note
Bruxelles, Bibliothèque Royale	A 1789
Cambridge, University Library	N/A	Used to be bound as the 3rd piece together with 1. Georgius de Hungaria: De moribus Turcorum; 2. Mahomet II.: Epistolae magni Turci; 4. Ludovicus Brunus: Carmina in adventu et coniugio Maximiliani
Emden, Johannes a Lasco Bibliothek	Philos. 8° 495 R	Bound in the 15th century as the 2nd piece together with 1. Gualterus Burlaeus: De vita et moribus philosophorum; 3. Michael Francisci de Insulis: Quodlibet de veritate fraternitatis rosarii BMV; 4. Andreas de Escobar: Modus confitendi
London, British Library	IA. 47321	Used to be bound together with the "Libro de los siete sabios de Roma"
New York City, Pierpont Morgan Library	N/A
Oxford, Bodleian Library	N/A

Language Information

Language of text

Latin

Note

almost identical to Historia septem sapientum Romae. Köln: Printer of pseudo-Augustinus, De fide (Johann Schilling), 1473 (see Roth 2004, p. 102)
contains 17 woodcuts (ibid.) / 18 woodcuts (GW)
date of print (GW): before 3 Jun 1480
source for copies: Roth 2004, p. 102

Titles & Classification

Incipit or textual title

Jncipit historia septem sapientum Rome / Peticio vxoris ponciani imperatoris moribun= / da in lecto iacentis / [P]Oncianus regnauit in vrbe roma / prudens valde qui accepit vxorem fili / am regis pulchram ac omnibus gra= / ciosam quam multum dilexit que ab eo con= / cepit et pulcherrimum filium genuit cui no= / men dioclecianus imposuit ...

Version (siglum)

H (Historia Septem Sapientum)

Language Group within Version

Latin Version H

Narrative / Scholarly Group within Version

Latin Prints (H)

Further scholarly subgroup (2)

Print 3.