Hans von Bühel, Dyocletianus Leben

The fifthteenth-century poem Dyocletianus Leben by Hans von Bühel represents one of two verse redactions of the German Version H narrative of the Sieben Weise Meister/Historia Septem Sapientum. Dyocletianus Leben survives in one manuscipt (Basel Universitätsbibliothek Cod. O III 14). The poem, which runs for 9,494 lines in Keller's 1841 edition, appears closely related to the German prose redactions of Version H found in the Gesta Romanorum, and to Heidelberg cpg 106 in particular (Gerdes 1981). Dyocletianus Leben therefore follows the Version H narrative pattern, but Han von Bühel adds some of his own interpretive elements. For example, Gerdes notes that the author, aware of the misogyny of the text, solicited the goodwill of female readers by emphasizing that he is merely a humble adaptor working upon request of others, by acknowledging that not all women are wicked, and by requesting that they should not be offended by this single negative example (Gerdes 1981).

General Information
Language within Version
Narrative / Scholarly Group
Parent Versions	Versfassung / Verse Version
Child Versions
Author	Hans von Bühel
Title	Dyocletianus Leben
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages	Hans von Bühel, Dyocletianus Leben
Version Number
Branch of the tradition	West

Language & Composition
Original language of version	German (High and Low German)
Translated into (languages)
Place of composition
Date of composition	1412
Source for date of composition	Gerdes (1981)

Literature & Editions
Modern research literature	Gerdes (1981), Kunkel (2023), Lundt (2002), Steinmetz (2000a)
Modern Editions	Keller, Dyocletianus Leben (1841)

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 English Prints (H) French Version H German Version H 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 Bühnenfassung / Stage adaptation: Sebastian Wild, Tragedj Hans von Bühel, Dyocletianus Leben Hungarian Version H Icelandic Version H Prose: Sjö meistara saga Seelow Group A Latin Version H 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 Old Swedish Version H: Sju vise mästare Old Swedish Redaction C Polish Version H Scots Version H: Rolland, Seuin Seages Spanish Version H: Los Siete Sabios de Roma Spanish Prints (H) Swedish Version H Circle detected when trying to insert Latin Version S into the tree.

Connected prints
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Adaptations
Adapted from (version)	German Version H
Adapted into (version)
Source for composition and adaptation information	Gerdes (1981)

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

Notes
Note
Notes on motifs
Notes on the frame

Pattern of embedded stories in this version

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