German Version A: Allegatio/Libellus

In 1997, Steinmetz produced a parallel-text edition of the German version A text, alongside the Latin text which is assumed to be its source. Steinmetz refers to this version of the narrative as Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus, though it is also referred to as Allegatio septem saptientum, and he suggests the Latin version was composed in the 14th century, and translated into the Bavarian/Bavarian-Austrian dialect sometime early in the 15th century. The German Libellus survives in two manuscripts; Steinmetz uses St. Florian Stiftsbibliothek Cod. XI. 549 as the base text for his edition. Both manuscript witnesses of the Libellus are integrated into the frame of the German Gesta Romanorum, but unlike some of the other Seven Sages/Sieben Weise Meister versions found in the Gesta, this version closely follows the Version A narrative pattern. The exception to this is the inclusion of the story Mercator in place of Puteus, and a slight reordering of the stories (the order of Gaza and Senescalcus, which are usually stories 5 and 7, respectively, is here reversed).

General Information
Language within Version	German Version A
Narrative / Scholarly Group
Parent Versions	A (Seven Sages)
Child Versions
Author
Title	Allegatio Septem Sapientum (or, Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus)
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages	German Version A
Version Number
Branch of the tradition	West

Language & Composition
Original language of version	German (High and Low German)
Translated into (languages)	Bairisch, Bairisch-Österreichisch
Place of composition
Date of composition	1401 - 1453
Source for date of composition	Steinmetz (1997)

Literature & Editions
Modern research literature	Steinmetz (1997), Gerdes (1992), Gerdes (1989)
Modern Editions	Steinmetz, Der 'Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus' (1997)

Recorded branch of this secondary version
A (Seven Sages) French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages Group U Group V Group W Group X Group Y Group Z German Version A: Allegatio/Libellus Latin Version A: Allegatio/Libellus Middle English Version A Midland Version Y Group Northern English Southern English Old Swedish Version A: Sju vise mästare Old Swedish Redaction A Old Swedish Redaction B Older Scots Version A: Buke of the Sevyne Sagis Scots Gaelic Version A Circle detected when trying to insert Latin Version S into the tree.

Connected prints
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Adaptations
Adapted from (version)	Latin Version A
Adapted into (version)
Source for composition and adaptation information	Steinmetz (1997)

Languages in Use
Language of text	German (High and Low German)
Regional or specific language of version	Bairisch

Notes
Note
Notes on motifs
Notes on the frame

Pattern of embedded stories in this version

Connected manuscripts