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tis00415000

Text-inc Id:
tis00415000
Bod-inc Id:
S-165
Headings:
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus De quattuor virtutibus cardinalibus, sive De formula honestae vitae [with German verse translation] (comm. anon.), et al.
Analysis of content:
  1. A1r [Title-page.]
  2. A1v [Life of Seneca.] Incipit: ‘[S]eneca cordubensis philosophus uir doctissimus Stratini stoici . . .’ For Vitae of Seneca see VL VIII 1088.
  3. A2r Seneca, Lucius Annaeus [pseudo-; Martinus de Braga]: ‘De formula honestae uitae siue De quattuor uirtutibus cardinalibus'. See S‑134. Three to five lines of Latin text are followed by their translation in German verse.
  4. A2r [German verse translation of De quattuor virtutibus cardinalibus.] Incipit: ‘Wir sint der angel tugent | Do myt getzyrt wirt dy iogenth'; trimeters.
  5. A2r [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘Pro generali noticia presentis libri ista sunt tenenda . . .’
Imprint:
[Leipzig: Conrad Kachelofen, for] J. N., [1489?–1497?]. 4°. As dated by Sheppard; BSB‑Ink dates [c.1490].
Collation:
A–C8.
References:
Source: Bodleian ISTC: is00415000 H 14629; C 5358; Goff S‑415; BMC III 631; Pr 2906; BSB‑Ink M‑213; Sheppard 2092. LCN: 14050357
Copies:
  1. S-165(1) Copy Binding: Nineteenth-century half morocco over marbled paper boards. Size: 220 × 153 × 10 mm. Size of leaf: 211 × 140 mm. Occasional ‘nota' signs in thick pencil strokes. Initials, pilcrows, capital strokes, and underlining are supplied in red ink. Provenance: Purchased for £0. 2. 6; see Books Purchased (1858), 99. SHELFMARK: Auct. Q inf. 1.19.