Cato's Disticha de moribus (trans. Burgh): Edition Description
Summary:
- Author: Cato, Dionysius
- Title: Disticha de moribus
- Other Authors: Translated by Benedict Burgh
- Place: [Westminster]
- Printer/Publisher: [Caxton, William]
- Date: [1483]
- Edition / Issue: 3rd edn
- Main Language: English and Latin
- Contents:
- Item
1: Parvus Cato
[2r-3r]
Incipit: Hic incipit paruus Chato || CVm ala aduertere quam hois grauiter errare... Hic finis parui cathonis
- Item
4: Magnus Chato
[3v-28r]
Incipit: ... Streyght to good fame I leue you in hyr hous || Explicit Chato
Physical Description:
Object Description:
Form: Codex
Format: F°
Ideal collation: a-c8d4. 28 leaves. 1 blank.
Signatures: Signed to the fold with lower-case letter and roman numeral.
Layout description:
- Written Lines: 29
- Locus: All
- Dimensions: 195 x 121
- Layout:
Type:
- Number of types: 2
- Summary: The founts got mixed and wrong-fount letters, especially capitals, can be found in both types throughout the book.
- Type: 3: 135G
- Description: Latin (except sheet a4.5)
- Type: 2: 135B
- Description: English and Latin on sheet a4.5.
Decoration Description:
Initials: Initial spaces with guide-letters except on a2r.
Woodcut Illustration: Woodcuts on sig. 2a (Hodnett 5) and sig. 3b (Hodnett 6). Both of these woocuts were first used in the Mirror of the world.
Printer's Device: None.
Colour Printing: None.
List of Copies:
- Copies as listed in ISTC
Bibliography:
- BMC XI,
133
- Cx,
56
- DeR(C),
15
- Duff(R),
78
- ISTC,
ic00314200
- (R)STC,
4852
Administration Information:
- Lauren MacDougall, 03/04/2015, 28/05/2015: TK (June 2015)