Arbor – The Tree

Lesson: loyaltyFather/son relationshipsAge versus youthSetting: natureOrchardFoolish old man

A foolish man values a young sapling over a mature fruit tree, and has the large tree trimmed back further and further to make room for the young sprout. Eventually, he has the grown tree chopped down entirely to offer the smaller plant its light, but finds that unlike the mature tree, the sapling does not bear fruit.

[Added by Jane Bonsall]

Critical Literature

Nishimura (2001)

Arbor appears in the following versions and secondary versions

	Has Language Of Version	Has Branch Of Tradition	Is Adapted From
A (Seven Sages)	Old French	Seven Sages of Rome	V (Lost metrical Old French Sept Sages)
Anonymous Verse Version	German (High and Low German)	Seven Sages of Rome	German Version H, Versfassung / Verse Version, Latin Version H
Bühnenfassung / Stage adaptation: Sebastian Wild, Tragedj	German (High and Low German)	Seven Sages of Rome	Redaction G
Catalan Version L	Catalan	Seven Sages of Rome	Occitan Version L
Continental Group w		Seven Sages of Rome
Continental Group x		Seven Sages of Rome
Conyers Version	English	Seven Sages of Rome	English Version H, English Erasto, Francis Kirkman, Prince Erastus
Czech Version H: Kronika sedmi mudrců	Czech	Seven Sages of Rome
D (Sept Sages de Rome)	Old French	Seven Sages of Rome
Dutch Verse Version: Van den seven vroeden van binnen Rome		Seven Sages of Rome
Dutch Version A	Dutch	Seven Sages of Rome	French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages
Dutch Version H	Dutch	Seven Sages of Rome
Early Modern and Modern Welsh Version A	Welsh	Seven Sages of Rome	Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein
English Erasto	English	Seven Sages of Rome	French Erasto, Italian Erasto
English Version H		Seven Sages of Rome
Erasto (Es)	Italian	Seven Sages of Rome	L'Amabile di Continentia (Em)
Erastus, or, The Roman Prince	English	Seven Sages of Rome	Francis Kirkman, Prince Erastus
Francis Kirkman, Prince Erastus	English	Seven Sages of Rome	French Erasto
French A/L Overlap	Old French	Seven Sages of Rome	L (Sept Sages de Rome), French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages
French Erasto	French	Seven Sages of Rome	Erasto (Es)
French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages	Old French	Seven Sages of Rome	A (Seven Sages)

Arbor is narrated in the following occurrences

Narrator

Pages

Empress

[Kronika sedmi mudrců]. [Litomyšl : Matouš Václav Březina, 1637-1651]., A (Seven Sages), Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Cardiff MS 2.83 (RMWL MS 6), Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Cardiff MS 3.4 (RMWL Cardiff MS 5), Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanover MS 13075B, Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanstephan MS 117, Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanstephan MS 171, Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanstephan MS 2., Admont Stiftsbibliothek Cod. 652, Anonymous Verse Version, Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. lat. qu. 409 (excerpts within Gesta Romanorum), Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. lat. qu. 641, Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. theol. lat. qu. 272, Berlin Staatsbibliothek mgf 59, Bern Burgerbibliothek Cod. 388, Brno Moravská knihovna RKP-0048.042 (Rkp 84), Brussel Koninklijke Bibliotheek 9245, Brussel Koninklijke Bibliotheek II 1171, Bühnenfassung / Stage adaptation: Sebastian Wild, Tragedj, Cambridge University Library MS Dd.1.17, Cambridge University Library MS Ff. 2, 38, Cambridge University Library MS Gg.6.28, Catalan Version L, Chantilly Musée Condé MS 683, Colmar Bibliothèque Municipale Ms. 55, Continental Group x, Conyers Version, Czech Version H: Kronika sedmi mudrců, D (Sept Sages de Rome), Dresden Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Mscr. Dresd. F 61a, Dublin Trinity College Library Ms 667, Dutch Verse Version: Van den seven vroeden van binnen Rome, Dutch Version A, Dutch Version H, Early Modern and Modern Welsh Version A, Edinburgh National Library of Scotland Advocates MS 19.2.1 (Auchinleck Manuscript), Edinburgh National Library of Scotland MS. 16500 (Asloan Manuscript), English Erasto, English Version H, Erasto (Es), Erastus, or, The Roman Prince, Erlangen Universitätsbibliothek Ms. B 11, Florence Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Gaddiano 166, Florence Biblioteca nazionale centrale, Landau Finaly 13, Florence Biblioteca nazionale centrale, Palatino 680, Francis Kirkman, Prince Erastus, French A/L Overlap, French Erasto, French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages, German Version A: Allegatio/Libellus, German Version H, H (Historia Septem Sapientum), Hans von Bühel, Dyocletianus Leben, Hungarian Version H: Pontianus tsaszar historiaia, I (Versio Italico), Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C), Italian Prose (V), Italian Version A, K (Sept Sages de Rome), Kratochwjlná Kronyka o sedmy Mudrcých. Jihlava: Fabián Augustin Beinhauer, [ca. 1789–1831], Kronika sedmi mudrců. s.l.: s.n., [before 1567], Kronyka Kratochwjlná O Znamenitých Sedmi Mudrcych. Kutná Hora: Františka Šleretová, [ca. 1772], Kronyka o sedmi Mudrcých / kteráž w sobě Rozpráwky welmi kratochwilné zawijrá / w nichžto se Lest a Chytrost ženská zgewně wyprawuge. Praha: Jiří Jakubův Dačický, 1590, L (Sept Sages de Rome), L'Amabile di Continentia (Em), Latin Version A, Latin Version A: Allegatio / Libellus, Latin Version H, Libro dei Sette Savj (A), London British Library Add. MS. 27429, London British Library Additional MS 15685, London British Library Arundel 140, London British Library Cotton Galba E IX, London British Library Egerton 1995, Ludus septem sapientum. De Astrei regii, M ('Male Marastre'), Madrid Biblioteca Nacional de España 6052 (ant. Q.224), Mario Teluccini, Erasto in verse, Mario Teluccini, Erasto. Pesaro: Girolamo Concordia, 1566., Middle English Version A, Middle Welsh Version A, Midland Version, Modena Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Estense It. 95 (α.P.8.20), Old Swedish Redaction C, Old Swedish Version A: Sju vise mästare, Older Scots Version A: Buke of the Sevyne Sagis, Oxford Balliol College Library MS 354 (Richard Hill's Commonplace Book), Oxford Bodleian Library Jesus College MS. 111, Oxford Bodleian Library Jesus College MS. 20, Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson poet. 175, Padua Biblioteca Civica C.M. 304/6, Paris Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 3354, Paris Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 3516, Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 573, Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 95, Parma Biblioteca Palatina Parm. 01391, Polish Version H, Prosafassung / Prose Version, S (Scala Coeli), Scots Version H: Rolland, Seuin Seages, Spanish Erasto, Spanish Version H: Los Siete Sabios de Roma, Spanish Version S: Diego de Cañizares, Scala Çeli, St. Florian Stiftsbibliothek Cod. XI 92 B, Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M), Storia di Stefano (R), Storia favolosa di Stefano (S), Swedish Version H: Sju vise mästare, Thystorye of ye vii wyse Maysters of rome (English, 16th c.), Uppsala Universitetsbiblioteket Cod. C 7, Venice Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana It. IX 621 (=10697), Versfassung / Verse Version, Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L), Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein, Wien Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Cod. 2937

Arbor appears in the following manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages	Has Language Group Within Version
Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Cardiff MS 2.83 (RMWL MS 6)	Welsh	A (Seven Sages)	Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein
Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Cardiff MS 3.4 (RMWL Cardiff MS 5)	Welsh	A (Seven Sages)	Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein
Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanover MS 13075B	Welsh	A (Seven Sages)	Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein
Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanstephan MS 117	Welsh	A (Seven Sages)	Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein
Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanstephan MS 171	Welsh	A (Seven Sages)	Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein
Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanstephan MS 2.	Latin, Middle Welsh	A (Seven Sages)	Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein
Admont Stiftsbibliothek Cod. 101a	Latin	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)	Latin Version H
Admont Stiftsbibliothek Cod. 652	Latin	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)	Latin Version H
Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. lat. qu. 409 (excerpts within Gesta Romanorum)	Latin	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)	Latin Version H
Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. lat. qu. 641	Latin	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)	Latin Version H
Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. theol. lat. qu. 272	Latin	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)	Latin Version H
Berlin Staatsbibliothek mgf 59	German (High and Low German)	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)	German Version H
Bern Burgerbibliothek Cod. 388	Old French	A (Seven Sages)	French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages
Brno Moravská knihovna RKP-0048.042 (Rkp 84)	German (High and Low German)	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)	German Version H
Brussel Koninklijke Bibliotheek 9245	Old French	Overlap of Versions A and L	French A/L Overlap
Brussel Koninklijke Bibliotheek II 1171	Dutch	A (Seven Sages)	Dutch Version A
Cambridge University Library MS Dd.1.17	English	A (Seven Sages)	Middle English Version A
Cambridge University Library MS Ff. 2, 38	English	A (Seven Sages)	Middle English Version A
Cambridge University Library MS Gg.6.28	Old French	Overlap of Versions A and L	French A/L Overlap
Chantilly Musée Condé MS 683	Latin	A (Seven Sages)	Latin Version A
Colmar Bibliothèque Municipale Ms. 55	German (High and Low German)	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)	German Version H