| Record ID | cp013362 |
| Voet reference number | 2202 |
| Museum Plantin-Moretus | c:lvd:3219043 |
| Uniform title | SEPTEM SAPIENTUM…APOPHTHEGMATA |
| Title page transcription | ΤΩΝ ΕΠΤΑ ΣΟΦΩΝ ‖ ΚΑΙ ΤΩΝ ΣΥΝ ΑΥΤΟΙΣ ‖ ΚΑΤΑΡΙΘΜΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ ‖ ἀποφϑέγματα, συμβωλαἱ κἁι ὑποϑηκαι. ‖ Σωσιάϑου των ἑπτἁ σοφὡν ὑποϑηκαι. SEPTEM SAPIENTVM ET ‖ eorum qui iis connumerantur, Apophthe- ‖ gmata, consilia & præcepta. ‖ Sosiadæ septem Sapientum præcepta, ‖ Per Ioannem Othonem Brugensem ‖ Latio donata. ‖ ⊕ 18 ‖ ANTVERPIAE, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini ‖ Typographi Regij. ‖ CIƆ.IƆ.LXX. |
| Collation | 8⁰ [111]: A-D⁸, E⁴; pages 1-71, [72] (Errors: 49 not numbered) |
| Fingerprint | 157008 - # b1 A2 vel$ : # b2 D5 retur, |
| Number of sheets | 4.50 |
| Pages | [1]: Title[2]: Privilege (Brussels, 29 November 1569, signed by De Langhe)3-6: Iohannes Otho Brugensis Henrico et Hermanno Sudermannis fratribus geminis magnae spei adolescentibus, clarissimi viri D. Henrici Sudermanni LL. doctoris filiis S.D.P. (Duisburg, 1 December 1568; italic type)7: Epigram by Justus Otho in Greek with Latin translation (italic type)8-71: Text (on the even pages: Greek; on the uneven pages: Latin translation in italic type and parts in roman type)71: approbation (19 November 1569, s. I. Schellinck)[72]: Blank |
| Edition information | |
| Copies | Museum Plantin-Moretus- A 1927CambridgeBritish Library London |
| Bibliographical references | Ruelens-de Backer, page 102 (1570, no. 19)Cockx-Indestege, E. Belgica typographica 2312 |
| Online bibliographical references | STCV c:stcv:12922630USTC 404625 |
| Note 1 | Greek edition, with Latin translation, of the sentences, advices and precepts of seven (in fact: ten) ‘Greek sages’: Cleobulus (pages 8-13), Solon (pages 14-19), Chilo (pages 20-25), Pittacus (pages 26-31), Thales of Milete (pages 32-37), Bias (pages 38-45), Periander (pages 44-51), Anacharsis (pages 52-59), Myso (pages 58-59), Pherecydes (pages 58-59); followed by (in Greek and in Latin translation) Sosiadae ex septem sapientum dictis, ad vitam recte instituendam, praecepta (pages 60-71). Edited and Latin translation by Joannes Otho. |
| Note 2 | In the dedicatory, the editor does not say a word about the manuscripts or earlier editions used. |
| Note 3 | Listed in M 296, folio 1r (Apophteg[ma]ta Jo. Othonis grȩcolatina, 8⁰, f[euilles] 4½, [price:] stuivers 1) and folio 9v (Jo. Othonis Apophteg[ma]ta Sapientum g[re] colat[ina], 8⁰, Anno —, f[euilles] 4½, [price:] stuivers 1), and M 164, folio 1r. |
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