L (Sept Sages de Rome)

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Version L of the Roman des Sept Sages de Rome, named for the early editor Le Roux de Lincy, is closely related to other Sept Sages versions, in particular Version A, and S (Scala Coeli).

Version L is unusual for a few reasons. It is worth noting that althought Version L exactly follows Version A for the first 11 stories (through Sapientes), the two traditions diverge sharply from there on. Version L includes thirteen, rather than fifteen, stories: the story told by the final sage, usually called Meron or Merons in the French, is absent, as is the prince's story, Vaticinium; this version does not include the stories Vidua, Roma, or Inclusa. In their place are two final stories - Noverca and Filia - which are found only in this version, and in Version S. Version L also includes the episode of the judicial duel, in which the Empress's champion is defeated by the champion fighting for the prince.

While this pattern (fewer and different tales, in a distinct order) links the manuscripts below, there are also redactions of the Sept Sages that follow Version A's pattern, but include Noverca, Filia, or both. The presence of these texts, which seem so clearly linked to Version L's distinctive pattern, in texts that otherwise resemble Version A therefore serves as both evidence of the proximity of these two versions, and an argument for their cross-pollination. See the manuscripts filed under French A/L Overlap for more on this.

Identification & General Information

Title
Roman des Sept Sages

Tradition & Lineage

Branch of the tradition
Seven Sages of Rome
Adapted from (version)
A (Seven Sages)
Adapted into (version)
Overlap of Versions A and L, French Version L, Catalan Version L
Source for composition and adaptation information
Runte (1974), Campbell (1907), Foehr-Janssens (1994)

Recorded Secondary Versions

Connected Manuscripts

Language & Composition

Language of version
Old French


Date of Composition
1200 - 1250


Source for date of composition
Foehr-Janssens (1994)

Modern Scholarship & Editions

Modern research literature
Berne-Aïache (1966), Berne-Aïache (1977), Brereton (1953), Coco (2016), Foehr-Janssens (1994), Gilleland (1981), Maulu (2016), Paris (1876), Roques (1983), Runte (1971), Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), Speer (1981), Speer (1989), Le Roux de Lincy (1838)
Modern Editions
Le Roux de Lincy, Roman des Sept Sages de Rome (1838)


Pattern of Embedded Stories in This Version

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