Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Brant, Sebastian, 1458-1521
Title:
Stultifera nauis : Narragonice [pro]fectionis nunq[uam] satis laudata nauis / per Sebastianu[m] Brant: vernaculo vulgari[que] sermone & rhythmo [pro] cu[n]cto[rum] mortalium fatuitatis semitas effugere cupie[n]tiu[m] directione, speculo, co[m]modo[que] & salute: pro[que] inertis ignau[ae][que] stultitici[ae] [per]petua infamia, execratione, & confutatione nu[per] fabricata: Atq[ue] iampridem per lacobum Locher, cognome[n]to Philomusum: Su[ae]uu[m]: in latinu[m] traducta eloquiu[m]: & per Sebastianu[m] Brant: denuo sedulo[que] reuisa: foelici exorditur principio.
Alternate Title(s):
Stultifera navis
Published / Created:
In laudatissima Germani[ae] vrbe Basiliensi : nu[per] o[per]a & [pro]motione Iohannis Bergman de Olpe, anno salutis no[str][ae] millesimo quadringentesimononagesimoseptimo kalendis Martiis [1 March 1497].
Physical Description:
CXXXXV, [3] leaves : 117 illustrations ; 22 cm (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN Zi 7776: Imperfect: ff. 1-9, 11, 121-144, 146-148 wanting; of fol. 145 only the colophon, line 2 to the end, is preserved, and is pasted on blank leaf; slightly wormed. For fuller description see collation slip in volume.
Subject Terms:
Folly -- Poetry. | Folly -- Early works to 1800. | Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800. | Folly in art -- Early works to 1800. | Fools and jesters in art -- Early works to 1800. | Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.
Form/Genre:
Allegories. | Satirical literature. | Incunabula. | Woodcuts. | Fragments (object portions)
Contributors:
Locher, Jacob, 1471–1528, translator. | Bergmann, Johann, active 1494–1499, printer. | Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528, illustrator, attributed name. | Master of the Haintz-Narr, illustrator.