Danish Version H

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We have no written evidence of The Seven Sages/ Book of Sindbad's circulation in Danish until Mats Vingaard's fragmentary Copenhagen print (1570-1577). The first complete print is Stephan Møllmand (Rostock 1591), which transmits a standard version of the Historia. Seelow (1989) suggests that is has been translated from a German chapbook. There is at least one lost edition from 1602, as well as at least seven eighteenth-century print editions (Schlusemann 2023b).

General Information

Language within Version

Danish

Parent Versions

H (Historia Septem Sapientum)

Branch of the tradition

Seven Sages of Rome

Language & Composition

Language of version

Danish

Date of Composition

1501 - 1577

Literature & Editions

Modern research literature

Jacobsen / Olrik / Paulli (1915-1936), Seelow (1989)

Modern Editions

Jacobsen / Olrik / Paulli, Danske Folkebøger fra 16. og 17. Aarhundrede (1915-1936)

Recorded Branch of This Secondary Version

• H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
  • Armenian Version H
  • Czech Version H: Kronika sedmi mudrců
  • Danish Version H
  • Dutch Version H
    • Dutch Prints (H)
    • Dutch Prose Version H
  • English Version H
    • English Prints (H)
      • Conyers Version
      • Pynson Version
  • French Version H
  • German Version H
    • Aventewr von Diocleciano
    • German Sieben Weise Meister
      • German Prints (H)
      • Prosafassung / Prose Version
        • Redaction A
        • Redaction B
        • Redaction C
        • Redaction D
        • Redaction E
        • Redaction F
        • Redaction G
      • Versfassung / Verse Version
        • Anonymous Verse Version
    • Hans von Bühel, Dyocletianus Leben
    • Hystorij von Diocleciano
    • Sebastian Wild, Ein schoͤne Tragedj (Stage adaptation)
  • Hungarian Version H: Pontianus tsaszar historiaia
    • Hungarian Prints
  • Icelandic Version H
    • Icelandic Prose: Sjö meistara saga
      • Group A: Sjö meistara saga
      • Group B: Alexander og Lúðvík
    • Icelandic Verse: Sjö meistara saga
      • Group C: Rímur
      • Group D: Vinaspegill
  • Latin Version H
    • Latin Historia Septem Sapientum
      • Excerpts in Gesta Romanorum
        • Continental Group w
        • Continental Group x
        • Insular Group u
      • Group I
      • Group II
      • Group III
      • Group IV
      • Lost Latin Version H Manuscripts
    • Ludus septem sapientum. De Astrei regii
  • Lithuanian Version H
  • Polish Version H
  • Scots Version H: Rolland, Seuin Seages
    • Scots Prints (H)
  • Spanish Version H: Los Siete Sabios de Roma
    • Spanish Prints (H)
  • Swedish Version H: Sju vise mästare
    • Old Swedish Redaction C
    • Swedish Prints (H)
  • Yiddish Version H
    • Yiddish Version H Manuscripts
    • Yiddish Version H Prints

Connected Prints

	Has Language	Has Location	Has Sort Date Of Print
En skiøn Historie Om de Syv viise Mestere. København: s.n., 1709 (War Loss)	Danish		1709
En skiøn Historie om de syv viise Mestere, hvorledis Pontianus den Rommerske Keyser, befalede dennem sin Søn Diocletianum, at lære hannem de syv frie Konster […]. København: s.n., 1755	Danish		1755
En skiøn Historie om de syv vise Mestere, hvorledis Pontianus den Rommerske Keyser, befalede dennem sin Søn Diocletianum, at lære hannem de syv fri Konster. s.l.: s.n., 1700	Danish		1700
En skiøn Historie om de syv vise Mestere, hvorledis Pontianus den Rommerske Keyser, befalede dennem sin Søn Diocletianum, at lære hannem de syv frie Konster […]. København: H.J. Graae, 1784	Danish		1784
En skiøn Historie om de syv vjse Mestere, hvorledis Pontianus den Rommerske Keyser, befalede dennem sin Søn Diocletianum. København: s.n., 1733	Danish		1733
En skjøn Historie om de Syv vise Mestere, hvorledis den rommerske Keyser Pontianus, anbetroede dem sin Søn Diocletianum, for at underwise ham i de syv frie Konster […]. s.l.: s.n., [ca. 1800]	Danish		1800
En skjøn Historie om de syv vise Mestere, hvorledes den rommerske Keiser Pontianus, anbetroede dem sin Søn Diocletianum, for at undervise ham i de syv frie Konster. København: s.n., [1700–1800]	Danish		1700
Keyser Pontiani historie met hans Søn Diocletiano / Lystig at Læse / imod Quindernis wtroskaff. Rostock: Steffen Møllemand, 1591	Danish		1591

Adaptations

Adapted from (version)

German Version H

Source for composition and adaptation information

Seelow (1989)

Notes

Note

Note: the first surviving print dates from c. 1570-1577; it is possible that the version was composed in Danish sometime in the preceding decades.