Anonymous Verse Version
From The Seven Sages of Rome
Like Hans von Bühel's poem, the anonymous German verse version is part of the Version H tradition, and explicitly credits a Latin text as its source (Kunkel 2023). It was composed in the first half of the fifteenth century, and survives in four manuscripts. The poem is some 7,000 lines in length, with a sizable prologue that establishes the anti-feminist bent of the narrative, linking the Sieben weise Meister motifs of feminine wickedness to classical precedent.
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| Parent Versions | Versfassung / Verse Version |
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| Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages | Anonymous Verse Version |
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| Branch of the tradition | West |
| Language & Composition | |
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| Original language of version | German (High and Low German) |
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| Date of composition | 1401 - 1450 |
| Source for date of composition | Kunkel (2023), Gerdes (1992) |
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| Modern research literature | Gerdes (1992), Kunkel (2023), Paschke (1891), Gerdes (2004) |
| Modern Editions | Keller, Altdeutsche Gedichte (1846) |
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| Adapted from (version) | Versfassung / Verse Version, German Version H, Latin Version H |
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| Language of text | German (High and Low German) |
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