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a corpus of texts printed in the 15th century

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tis00395000

Text-inc Id:
tis00395000
Headings:
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Proverbia.
Analysis of content:
  1. [a1v] Seneca, Lucius Annaeus [pseudo-; Publilius Syrus]: Proverbia. ‘Incipiunt proverbia Senece secundum ordinem alphabeti.’ Incipit: ‘[A]lienum est omne quicquid optando evenit. ...’ [a8r] Explicit: ‘... [Z]elum de Deo tantum habeas non contra homines | zelari autem hominibus viciosum est. | Finis.’ For the Publilian, Pseudo-Senecan (De moribus), and other components of this text, see N. G. Round, ‘The Medieval Reputation of the Proverbia Senecae: A Partial Survey based on Recorded MSS', Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 72 (1972), 103-51, at 103. On the attribution to Seneca in this edition see M. D. Reeve, in Texts and Transmission, 327-9; OCD 1276; VL VIII 1085.
Imprint:
[Rome Stephan Plannck about 1487] 4° Secundo folio: Acerrima virtus est quam ultima necessitas excutit [a2r]
Collation:
[a8]. Spaces left blank for initial, with printed guide letters.
References:
Source: Venezia N ISTC: is00395000