Latin Version A: Allegatio/Libellus

The version of the Seven Sages narrative titled either Allegatio Septem Sapientum, or Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus, found in one fourteenth-century Latin manuscript and later translated into German, broadly follows the pattern established by the Version A tradition. The stories contained here match closely with other Version A texts, with the exception of the sixth story, Mercator, which has replaced Puteus. Additionally, usual order of Gaza and Senescalcus (usually 5 and 7, respectively) is here reversed.

Steinmetz's 1997 edition with the Latin text and the 15th century German translation in parallel offers a useful introduction to the way this text follows and - occasionally - diverges from similar and contemporary versions of the Seven Sages.

General Information
Language within Version
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	Latin Version A
Version Number
Branch of the tradition	West

Language & Composition
Original language of version	Latin
Translated into (languages)	German (High and Low German), Bairisch, Bairisch-Österreichisch
Place of composition	Northern Italy
Date of composition	1301 - 1400
Source for date of composition	Steinmetz (1997), Gerdes (1989)

Literature & Editions
Modern research literature	Gerdes (1989), Steinmetz (1997)
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
No connected prints

Adaptations
Adapted from (version)	A (Seven Sages)
Adapted into (version)	German Version A
Source for composition and adaptation information	Steinmetz (1997), Gerdes (1989), Gerdes (1992)

Languages in Use
Language of text	Latin
Regional or specific language of version

Notes
Note
Notes on motifs
Notes on the frame

Pattern of embedded stories in this version

Connected manuscripts