Historia septem sapientum Romae. Antwerp: Gerard Leeu, 6th November 1490
From The Seven Sages of Rome
General Information
Reference Number
LatPrint6
Page / Folio range
1a-55b
Total number of pages
56
Textual Relationships
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition
Roth (2004)
Digital Resources & Modern References
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, Keller (1836), Klebs (1938), Kronenberg (1917), Madsen (1935), Moldenhauer (1923b), Oates (1954), Piekarskiego / Kawecka-Gryczowa (1956), Polain (1932), Polain (1970), Rest (1924), Sinker (1876)
| 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
Prose or verse
Note
Text strongly deviates from the "Historia" version but, according to Roth, still seems to be based on it, and has been rewritten for Gerard Leeu; the Empress's stories are called hortatio and the stories of the Sages are being called defensio; the text contains 23 xylographs (see Roth 2004, p. 105).
Titles & Classification
Incipit or textual title
Historia de Calumnia nouercali
Version (siglum)
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Printing Details
Physical Characteristics
Illustrations
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