Historia septem sapientum Romae. Antwerpen: Gerard Leeu, 6 Nov 1490
From The Seven Sages of Rome
General Information
Reference Number
LatPrint6
Page / Folio range
1a-55b
Total number of pages/folios
56
Format
4°, a-h⁶, i, k⁴
Textual Relationships
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition
Digital Resources & Modern References
Digitisation
Dresden SUB / Moskva GosB: http://dlib.rsl.ru/rsl01003000000/rsl01003107000/rsl01003107961/rsl01003107961.pdf, Wolfenbüttel HerzogAugustB: http://diglib.hab.de/inkunabeln/202-19-quod-4/start.htm
Modern Edition
Modern research literature
Roth (2004), Hain (1826-1838), Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (1993), Bibliothèque Nationale (1985), Bohonos / Szandorowska (1970), Borm (1990), Botermans (1898), Campbell (1874), Catalogue of books (1962), Incunabula in Dutch libraries, Klebs (1938), Kronenberg (1917), Madsen (1935), Moldenhauer (1923b), Oates (1954), Piekarskiego / Kawecka-Gryczowa (1956), Polain (1932), Polain (1970), Rest (1924), Sinker (1876), Keller (1836), GW
| Has Library | Has Shelfmark | Has Note |
|---|---|---|
| Bruxelles, Bibliothèque Royale | A 1435 | |
| Cambridge, Trinity College Library | N/A | |
| Cambridge, University Library | N/A | i and k are missing and are now in Oxford |
| Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek | I 196 | |
| Deventer, Stads- of Athenaeumbibliotheek | N/A | Bound as the 4th piece together with 1. Plutarchi epitome (1501); 2. Vita M. Catonis, Sextus Aurelius, de vitis Caesarum etc. (1505); 3. [Georgius de Hungaria:] De ritu et moribus Turcorum |
| Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek | War Loss | |
| Göttingen, Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek | N/A | |
| Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek | AC VI, 227 | transferred |
| København, Det Kongelige Bibliotek | N/A | |
| London, British Library | IA. 49825 | fol. b2 & 5, g3 & 4 are missing |
| Manchester, John Rylands University Library | N/A | |
| München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek | 4° Inc. c.a. 756 | In the margin of fol. 8b, at the part where Dyoclecianus writes a note to the Empress, a 15th/16th century hand has added a short passage from a manuscript or another incunabulum. |
| Oxford, Bodleian Library | N/A | One copy is defective, the other one has the missing i and k from the Cambridge, University Library copy |
| Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France | Y². 522 | |
| Stonyhurst, College Library | N/A | |
| Wernigerode, Fürstlich Stolberg-Wernigerödische Bibliothek | Unknown Whereabouts | incomplete |
| Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek | IX.H.16 | |
| Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek | 202.19 Quodl. (4) | Bound as the 4th piece together with 1. Cordiale quattuor novissimorum; 2. Johannes Mandeville: Itinerarius; 3. Johannes de Hese: Itinerarius per diversas mundi partes; 5. Theodulus: Ecloga; 8. Heinrich Fischer: Cithara sophialis; 10. Petrus Kess: De appositione nugatoria, ex dictis Aegidii Romani |
Language Information
Language of text
Note
- According to Roth (2004, p. 105), the text heavily deviates from the "Historia"-Version but is based on it, and has been rewritten for Gerard Leeu. Depending on who is telling the stories, they are either called hortatio (for the Empress) or defensio (for the Seven Sages).
- contains 23 woodcuts
- source for copies: Roth 2004, p. 105
- source for stories: Roth 2004, p. 105; digitisations
Titles & Classification
Incipit or textual title
Historia de Calumnia nouercali / Prefatio. / COmposita pridem calumnie nouercalis historia que septem / sapientum dicitur. pulchro quidem argumento pulchris etiam ac memoratu dignis tractata exemplis in vtramque par / tem/ et defensionis et condemnationis siue vera siue ficta ...
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