Libro dei Sette Savj (A)
The Italian text titled Il Libro dei Sette Savj, edited by Alessandro d'Ancona (1864), adheres closely to the standard Version A story pattern. Unlike the two other Italian Version A redactions (the Italian Prose A and Storia favolosa di Stefano) this version maintains all fifteen expected stories, in the order in which the appear in most French Version A manuscripts - unsurprising, given that the presumed source material for this text is a French A text.
The dating of this version is currently unclear. In the description given in Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), the authors suggest that d'Ancona 'ascribes the text he edited... to the end of the 13th century' (p. 128). As far as I can discover, d'Ancona situates the text in the 'buon secolo della lingua', the golden age of Italian vernacular literature between c. 1220-1350 (vii), but does not offer a specific date. However, Wikeley (1983) suggests (in passing) a fifteenth century date for this text, which corresponds with the date for Florence Biblioteca nazionale centrale, Palatino 680 - the supplemental text d'Ancona used as an appendix. However, d'Ancona's primary text, Florence Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Gaddiano 166, may have a distinct date, of course; the online catalogue for the Laurenziana library is not currently available, and thus more confirmation is needed.
[Added by Jane Bonsall]
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| Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages | |
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| Branch of the tradition | West |
| Adapted from (version) | French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages |
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| Source for composition and adaptation information | Wikeley (1983) |
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| Language and Composition | |
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| Original language of version | Italian |
| Language of text | Italian |
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| Date of composition | 1250 - 1500 |
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| Modern research literature | D'Ancona (1864), Wikeley (1983), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984) |
| Modern Editions | D'Ancona, Il Libro dei Sette Savj (1864) |
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