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General Information
Reference Number	PolishPrint8
Location
Siglum/Shelfmark
Page/Folio range
Total number of pages
Format

Textual Relationships
Translated/adapted from (Version/text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Piekarski, 19030
Version number

Digital Resources & Modern References
Digitisation
Modern Edition
Modern research literature	Piekarski, 1930, Schlusemann (2023)
Catalogue

Copies

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

Note
This print has a unique history, in that it was found by Piekarski in an exploration of the bindings of another book.[1] The book itself was from 1540, which lead to the dating of the fragment as the same (Piekarski, 1930, p. 218). Hieronim Wietor was a printer from Silesia, originally with the surname Büttner, who studied in both Krakow and Vienna before settling in Krakow and founding his own publishing house. Interestingly, he worked with Jan z Koszyczek on the first book to be published entirely in Polish, The Conversations of Solomon and Marcolf (Murko, 1890, p. 71), which could suggest that the fragment is earlier or could potentially form part of the original translation. Unfortunately, only three leaves were found by Piekarski, with the first of these photocopied in his 1930 article and the rest transcribed with the assistance of Krzyżanowski’s edition (Piekarski, 1930, p. 218). The fragment was kept in the Jagiellonian University Library under the shelf mark Cim. 1304, where it at some point went missing, leaving us only with the photocopy. Unless another copy is found, it seems unlikely that any conclusive findings about the print will be reached. (text by Ava Byrne) [1] Katarzyna Krzak-Weiss, ‘„Złotodajna” makulatura. Na marginesie badań nad polskimi wydaniami modlitewnika Hortulus animae’, Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki, 68.3 (2023), pp. 97-110 (p. 98).

Titles & Classification
Standardised title of narrative
Incipit or textual title
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
└ Language Group within Version	Polish Version H
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)

Printing Details
Name of printer	Hieronim Wietor
Printed for
Name of author
Place of printing	Kraków, Poland
Date of Printing	before 1540
Islamic date of printing
Hebrew date of printing
Source of date printing

Physical Characteristics
Material	Paper
Height
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Illustrations	No

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 |Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
 |Has Language Group Within Version=Polish Version H
+|Has Source For Information On Textual Relationship to Broader Tradition=Piekarski, 19030
 |Has Printer=Hieronim Wietor
 |Has Place Of Printing=Kraków, Poland
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 |Has Language=Polish
 |Has Illustrations=No
+|Has Modern Research Literature=Piekarski, 1930; Schlusemann (2023)
 |Has Note=This print has a unique history, in that it was found by Piekarski in an exploration of the bindings of another book.[[/universityofstandrews907-my.sharepoint.com/personal/akb23 st-andrews ac uk/Documents/Laidlaw Research Final Essay.docx#%20ftn1|[1]]] The book itself was from 1540, which lead to the dating of the fragment as the same [[Piekarski, 1930|(Piekarski, 1930, p. 218)]]. Hieronim Wietor was a printer from Silesia, originally with the surname Büttner, who studied in both Krakow and Vienna before settling in Krakow and founding his own publishing house. Interestingly, he worked with Jan z Koszyczek on the first book to be published entirely in Polish, The Conversations of Solomon and Marcolf [[Murko (1890)|(Murko, 1890, p. 71)]], which could suggest that the fragment is earlier or could potentially form part of the original translation. Unfortunately, only three leaves were found by Piekarski, with the first of these photocopied in his 1930 article and the rest transcribed with the assistance of Krzyżanowski’s edition [[Piekarski, 1930|(Piekarski, 1930, p. 218)]]. The fragment was kept in the Jagiellonian University Library under the shelf mark Cim. 1304, where it at some point went missing, leaving us only with the photocopy. Unless another copy is found, it seems unlikely that any conclusive findings about the print will be reached. (text by Ava Byrne)<div><div>
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