Historia septem sapientum Romae. [Lyon: Guillaume Balsarin, 1487-1490]

General Information

Reference Number

LatPrint5

Page / Folio range

1a-37b

Total number of pages/folios

38

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), Campbell (1874), Castan (1893), Catalogue of books (1949), Craviotto (1990), Goff (1973), Hillard (1989), Incunabula in Dutch libraries, Klebs (1938), Moldenhauer (1923b), Polain (1970), Proctor (1898), Rest (1924)

Catalogue

(GW 12851)

Copies

Has Library	Has Shelfmark	Has Note
Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya	N/A
Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale	N/A	fol. d3 is missing, from e only fol. 2 survived
Cleveland (Ohio), Cleveland Public Library	N/A
Evora, Biblioteca publica	N/A
London, British Library	IA. 41777
Palma de Mallorca, Biblioteca pública (Bibl. provincial)	N/A
Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine	Inc 588 9e	9th piece of the same book as the Bibliothèque Mazarine print of Historia septem sapientum Romae. Köln: Printer of pseudo-Augustinus, De fide (Johann Schilling), 1473
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France	N/A
Utrecht, Universiteitsbibliotheek	N/A

Language Information

Prose or verse

Prose

Note

Format: a-d⁸, e⁶, 8°

Text is identical to Historia septem sapientum Romae. Köln: Printer of pseudo-Augustinus, De fide (Johann Schilling), 1473

Link to catalogue entry: https://www.gesamtkatalogderwiegendrucke.de/docs/GW12851.htm#GW12851

Source for copies: Roth 2004, p. 104

Titles & Classification

Incipit or textual title

In hoc opusculo sunt subtilitates / septem sapientum rome valde pervtiles / Incipit hystoria septem sapientum rome. / [P]Oncianus regnauit in vrbe roma prudens valde qui / accepit vxorem filiam regis pulchram ac pre omnibus / graciosam quam multum dilexit que ab eo concepit et / pulcherimum filium genuit cui nomen dioclecianus im= / posuit ...

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 5.