“Here beginneth thystory of the seuen wyse Maysters of Rome conteynyng right faire and ryght ioyous narracions, and to the reder ryght delectable”. London: William Copland, ca. 1555

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General Information
Reference Number	EnglishPrint4
Location
Siglum/Shelfmark
Page/Folio range
Total number of pages	264
Format	8°

Textual Relationships
Translated/adapted from (Version/text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Schlusemann (2023b)
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Digital Resources & Modern References
Digitisation	https://www.proquest.com/eebo/books/history-seuen-wise-maisters-rome/docview/2240906295/sem-2?accountid=11004
Modern Edition
Modern research literature	Schlusemann (2023)
Catalogue	ESTC S4865: https://datb.cerl.org/estc/S4865

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Language Information
Language of text	English
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Prose or verse	Prose

Note
The full title mentions it is "now newly corrected with a pleasant stile, & purged from all old and rude wordes and phrases which were lothsome or tedious to the reader"

Titles & Classification
Standardised title of narrative
Incipit or textual title	The history of the seuen wise maisters of Rome […]
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	Thomas Purfoot
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Place of printing	London, UK
Date of Printing	1576
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