Bod-Inc: C-507
Cyrillus
Speculum sapientiae.
Analysis of Content
[a1r] Cyrillus [pseudo-; Boniohannes de Messana]: Speculum sapientiae. Also known as Apologeticus. Incipit: ‘[S]ecundum Aristotilis sententiam in propleumatibus suis . . .’ On authorship see Kaeppeli I 251 no. 699; VL IX 65-7.
[e5v] ‘Tabula'.
[e6v] [Definition of ‘appologus'.] Incipit: ‘Appologus est sermo dubius . . .’
Imprint
Imprint: [Strasbourg: Heinrich Eggestein, not after 1474]. 4° and folio.
Remarks: Gatherings [a–b] are in folio. The Bamberg copy was rubricated in 1474.
Collation
Collation: [a–c10 d e6].
References
ISTC: ic01016000
GW: GW 7889;
Hain: HC *5904;
Goff: Goff C‑1016;
BMC: BMC I 73;
Proctor: Pr 288;
Others: BSB‑Ink B‑742; Oates 120; Sack, Freiburg, 1204; Sheppard 196-7.
LCN: 14816641
Copies
Copy number: C-507(1)
Binding: Nineteenth-century English gold-tooled olive-green morocco; bound by J. Mackenzie; marbled pastedowns.
Size: 287 × 195 × 11 mm.
Size of leaf: 277 × 182 mm.
Provenance: Thomas Thorpe (1791-1851), Catalogue (1845), no. 407. Purchased for £5. 5. 0; see Books Purchased (1845), 8.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 7Q 3.35.
Copy number: C-507(2)
Binding: Nineteenth-century gold-tooled green morocco; marbled pastedowns.
Size: 290 × 210 × 17 mm.
Size of leaf: 278 × 198 mm.
A few early marginal notes and manuscript foliation 260-301.
Initials and paragraph marks are supplied in faded orange, red, and blue; red capital strokes.
Provenance: Anonymous sale (27 May 1840), lot 188. Purchased for £5. 5. 0; see Books Purchased (1841), 11.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 7Q 3.34.
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