Cyprianus

Opera

c.1486

1486

HC 5895*; BMC III 675; Goff C1014; Kaplan 175; ISTC ic01014000; GW 7887

Shoults (Special Collections) Gc/1485/C

Stuttgart, Printer of the 'Erwahlung Maximilians', about 1486

Rebacked paper boards with mottled covers. Spine cracking near front cover. Bookplate or label removed.

Contents page, Incipit page, binding, Explicit page.

Only two perhaps three books are registered as emanating from Stuttgart, and both by the printer of the 'Erwhlung Maximilians', after 16th February 1486. It has been suggested that Conrad Fyner at Urach about 1481 was the printer because of the use of the capital 'I' and two border pieces. Hans Scheffer (Johann Scheffler?) is another candidate. These claims are not conclusive.

Caecilius Cyprianus (born c. 200- d. 258) was an African by birth who converted to Christianity only after middle life. In 1248, he became Bishop of Carthage. He was considered the 'first great Latin writer among the Christians'. This is his principal work, of particular interest for the application of the Roman juridical tradition to the governance of church affairs.

Paper. [132] leaves; 275 x 195 mm (fol.).
Gothic type; two columns.
Contents page f.2a
F.3a 'Incipiut libri Cecilij cipriani episcopi carthaginesis cofessoris ac martiris dignissimi.'
Colophon f.123a: 'Expliciunt Epistolae Cecilij Cipriani Episcopi cartaginensis cofessonis et martitis dignissimi.' f.123a Capital spaces unpainted.
Annotations throughout.

1. Canon William Ardene Shoults
2. Selwyn College; Otago University Library