Czech Version H: Kronika sedmi mudrců
Whilst the Seven Sages were published within the Gesta Romanarum in Bohemian in the 1400s, the oldest copy of the Seven Sages alone is a 1502 print, translated from either an early German version of the Historia, as suggested by Nebeský (1847), or a reprint of a Latin version, as Murko (1890) argues, by Mikuláš Bakalář, a Slovak printer who trained in Krakow.
The text itself was enjoyed widely, evidenced by the number and regularity of prints. Uniquely, many of these were not reprints, but in fact unique translations of the Seven Sages from different cultures. The Czech version is also notable for five anomalous tales: Sylwius, Heres Regni, Tonstrix, Filius Profusus, and Papirius.
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Recorded Branch of This Secondary Version
- H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
- Czech Version H: Kronika sedmi mudrců
- Danish Version H
- Dutch Version H
- English Version H
- French Version H
- German Version H
- Hungarian Version H: Pontianus tsaszar historiaia
- Icelandic Version H
- Latin Version H
- Polish Version H
- Scots Version H: Rolland, Seuin Seages
- Spanish Version H: Los Siete Sabios de Roma
- Swedish Version H: Sju vise mästare
- Yiddish Version H
{{#if:Kratochwjlná Kronyka o sedmy Mudrcých. Jihlava: Fabián Augustin Beinhauer, [ca. 1789–1831], Kronika sedm mudrczuov Rozprav ky velmi uťessenee v sobie zavijeraji jií v nichžto lest a chytrost ženská: zjevňe se vypravuje Počinase tak to. [Plzeň: Mikuláš Bakalář, ca. 1501–1508], 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, [Kronika sedmi mudrců]. [Litomyšl : Matouš Václav Březina, 1637-1651].
Pattern of Embedded Stories in This Version
| Has Short Title | Has Sequence Number | Has Narrator | Has Name Variation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbor – The Tree | 1 | Empress | |
| Puteus – The Well | 2 | First Master | |
| Sylwius | 3 | Empress | |
| Ingenia 4 | 4 | Second Master | |
| Heres Regni | 5 | Empress | |
| Tonstrix | 6 | Third Master | |
| Filius Profusus | 7 | Empress | |
| Vidua – The Widow | 8 | Fourth Master |