Bod-Inc: S-170

Septem Sapientes Romae

Historia septem sapientium Romae.

 

Analysis of Content

a2r ‘Historia septem sapientum Romae'. Incipit: ‘[P]oncianus regnauit in urbe Roma prudens'. G. Buchner, ‘Die Historia septem sapientum nach der Innsbrucker Handschrift von Jahre 1342. Nebst einer untersuchung über die quelle der Seuin Seages des Johne Rolland von Dalkeith', in Erlanger Beiträge zur Englischen Philologie, I, ed. H Varnhagen (Erlangen and Leipzig, 1889), 7-90. A Latin version of the ‘Seven Wise Masters of Rome', descending from a French original. On the transmission see G. Buchner, ‘Historia septem sapientum', 1-6; F. Moldenhauer, ‘Verzeichnis der Drucke der “Historia septem sapientum Romae”  ’, Münchener Museum für Philologie des Mittelalters unde der Renaissance, 3 (1918), 327-39, at 330 no. 3 for this edition; VL VIII 1174-89, at 1181-2; D. Roth, ‘A Consideration of the Original Structure and the Transformation of the Historia Septem Sapientum throughout its Manuscript Tradition', Medieval Sermon Studies, 44 (2000), 87-107, especially 91-3. On the unclear relationship between this work and the Gesta Romanorum (G‑143–G‑156), see Roth, ‘Structure and Transformation', 91-3. The ‘moralites' or ‘reductiones', which often accompany the Latin text, are not included in this edition.

Imprint

Imprint: [Gouda: Gerard Leeu, between 3 June 1480 and 5 Sept. 1482]. 4°.

Remarks: As dated by HPT; Sheppard dates [1480-2], ILC [before 3 June 1480].

Collation

Collation: a–k⁸.

Types: Type: 108 G.

Leaves: 80 leaves.

Line number: 27 lines (a3r).

Type area: Type area: 147 ×86 mm (a3r).

Illustrations: Woodcuts.

References

ISTC: is00448000

Hain: C 3000;

Goff: Goff S‑448;

Proctor: Pr 8932;

Others: Boekdrukkunst, 127; Campbell 947; HPT II 417; ILC 1952; Oates 3401; Sheppard 6896.

LCN: 14052797

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