Latin Version A: Allegatio / Libellus

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The Latin Version A text titled either Allegatio Septem Sapientum, or Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus, follows the overall structure of the Version A tradition, but demonstates some specific alterations. The Allegatio is found in one fourteenth-century Latin manuscript, and was later translated into German. The embedded stories 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.

The inclusion of Mercator instead of Puteus is a pattern also replicated in some of the Italian Version A texts, in particular the Italian Prose A and the Storia favolosa di Stefano. The contemporary composition timeframes, and the fact that the Allegatio/Libellus text was composed in Northern Italy, we may perhaps hypothesize about the Mercator/Puteus change across all of these text as a signal of shared narrative inheritance.

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	Latin Version A
Child Versions
Author
Title	Allegatio Septem Sapientum (or, Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus)
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages
Version Number
Branch of the tradition	West

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

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

Recorded branch of this secondary version

A (Seven Sages) Dutch Version A Dutch Verse Version: Van den seven vroeden van binnen Rome French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages Group U Group V Group W Group X Group Y Group Z Gaelic Version A German Version A: Allegatio/Libellus Italian Version A Italian Prose (V) Libro dei Sette Savj (A) Storia favolosa di Stefano (S) Latin Version A 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 Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein Early Modern and Modern Welsh Version A Middle Welsh Version A

Connected prints
No connected prints

Adaptations
Adapted from (version)	Latin Version A
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

Has Short Title Has Sequence Number Has Narrator Has Name Variation Arbor 1 Empress   Canis 2 First Master   Aper 3 Empress   Medicus 4 Second Master   Senescalcus 5 Empress   Mercator 6 Third Master   Gaza 7 Empress   Tentamina 8 Fourth Master   Virgilius 9 Empress   Avis 10 Fifth Master   Sapientes 11 Empress   Vidua 12 Sixth Master   Roma 13 Empress   Inclusa 14 Seventh Master   Copy Embedded Stories Copy Embedded Stories × Select Target Page: Close Process

Connected manuscripts
Manuscript Language Location Date of Production Chantilly Musée Condé MS 683 Latin Bibliothèque et archives du Château de Chantilly (Musée Condé) 1301 - 1400