Wisdom in pills? Collections of sayings of the wise in early printed editions

This article aims at providing a census and a description of incunabula and early 15th century editions of three florilegia collecting moral dicta (Dits des sages, Dits moraux de plusieurs philosophes, Dits et autorités des sages philosophes) ; the analysis will show that these compilations are the proof of a continuity between late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, while highliting the relevance of a distinction separating the sage and the philosopher.