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Title

  • Das Buch der natürlichen Weiszheit.

Names

  • Cyril, Saint, Bishop of Jerusalem, approximately 315-386, attributed name.
  • Cyril, Saint, Apostle of the Slavs, approximately 827-869, attributed name.
  • Cyrillus, de Quidenon, active 13th century, attributed name.
  • Ulrich, von Pottenstein, active 1398-1416, translator.
  • Sorg, Anton, active 15th century, printer.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Augsburg, Anton Sorg, 25 May (S. Urbans Tag) 1490.

Headings

  • -  Fables, Latin--Translations into German
  • -  Conduct of life--Early works to 1800
  • -  Germany--Augsburg

Genre

  • Incunabula--Germany--Augsburg--1490

Notes

  • -  Attributed in this ed. (as in all mss. and early eds.) to a Cyrillus Episcopus, variously identified with Saint Cyrillus, Bp. of Jerusalem, Saint Cyrillus of Thessalonica, or Cyrillus de Quidenon. Cf. J.G.T. Grässe's Die beiden ältesten lateinischen Fabeldichtungen des Mittelalters, 1880, p. 285-290; GW, VII, column 232.
  • -  Translated by Ulrich von Pottenstein.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 147
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C-1023
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 4047
  • -  Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 355 (IB.6043)
  • -  Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 7896
  • -  Includes Lehre und Unterweisung wie ein junger Mensch sich in Ehrbarkeit und guten Sitten erhalten soll (leaves cxiiia-cxxxiiib).
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy: illustrations and some initials colored.

Medium

  • cxxxiii, [5] leaves (the 1st unnumbered leaf at end blank, wanting). woodcuts: illus., initials. 24.6 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1490 .S67 PT1651

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48034274

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Cyril, Saint, Bishop Of Jerusalem, Approximately 315-386, Attributed Name, Saint Cyril, De Quidenon Cyrillus, Anton Sorg, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Das Buch der natürlichen Weiszheit. translateds by Ulrich, Von Pottenstein, Active Lator Augsburg, Anton Sorg, 25 May S. Urbans Tag, 1490. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/48034274/.

APA citation style:

Cyril, S., Cyril, S., Cyrillus, D. Q., Sorg, A. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1490) Das Buch der natürlichen Weiszheit. Ulrich, V. P., trans Augsburg, Anton Sorg, 25 May S. Urbans Tag. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/48034274/.

MLA citation style:

Cyril, Saint, Bishop Of Jerusalem, Approximately 315-386, Attributed Name, et al. Das Buch der natürlichen Weiszheit. trans by Ulrich, Von Pottenstein, Active Lator Augsburg, Anton Sorg, 25 May S. Urbans Tag, 1490. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/48034274/>.