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CYRILLUS (St., Abp. of Jerusalem, attributed to) -- BONIOHANNES de Messana (fl. 1st half 14th century). Speculum sapientiae. [Basel: Michael Wenssler, c.1475].
Chancery 2° (278 x 206mm). Collation: [1-310 46(6+1) 5-78] (1/1r text, 7/6v tabula, 7/8v blank). 61 leaves. 34 lines. Type: 1:121G. 3- to 8-line initial spaces, first page rubricated, a few initials added later in pen. (Occasional staining.) 18th-century sheep, gilt supralibros of Seilern arms, flat spine gilt with paper label at foot, marbled endleaves, yellow edges (repaired minor tears, a few wormholes at spine). Provenance: J[ohann] C[onrad] Heidegger (gift inscription on flyleaf dated 1787, bibliographer, sale 1810 Selecta artis Typographicae Monumenta, no. 114, 3 fl.) -- oval stamp removed from first leaf.
SECOND EDITION of one of the oldest collections of Latin fables. It consists of 95 fables written as exempla of the Christian virtues and vices, attributed in the text to St. Cyril. The stories involve animals both common (a spider, ant) and exotic (a whale, elephant, etc). The edition is known in two collations; the present copy conforms to the main GW entry. Eggestein printed an undated edition at Strassburg, which probably is the first edition; the Bamberg copy was rubricated in 1474. Cf. Grässe, Die beiden ältesten lateinischen Fabelbücher des Mittelalters, 1880; and Th. Kaeppeli, Scriptores ordinis praedicatorum medii aevi, I, no. 699 on the author. H *5903; GW 7890; BMC III, 721 (IB. 37057-8); BSB-Ink. B-741; Pellechet 4084; Goff C-1017.
Chancery 2° (278 x 206mm). Collation: [1-3
SECOND EDITION of one of the oldest collections of Latin fables. It consists of 95 fables written as exempla of the Christian virtues and vices, attributed in the text to St. Cyril. The stories involve animals both common (a spider, ant) and exotic (a whale, elephant, etc). The edition is known in two collations; the present copy conforms to the main GW entry. Eggestein printed an undated edition at Strassburg, which probably is the first edition; the Bamberg copy was rubricated in 1474. Cf. Grässe, Die beiden ältesten lateinischen Fabelbücher des Mittelalters, 1880; and Th. Kaeppeli, Scriptores ordinis praedicatorum medii aevi, I, no. 699 on the author. H *5903; GW 7890; BMC III, 721 (IB. 37057-8); BSB-Ink. B-741; Pellechet 4084; Goff C-1017.
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