Swedish Version H: Sju vise mästare

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The Sju vise mästare appear in an Old Swedish manuscript from the end of the 15^th century and five Swedish prints from the 17^th and 18^th century.

Since the publication of an edition of the Sju vise mästare by G. E. Klemming, 1887-1889, the three known Old Swedish manuscripts have been classified into three redactions (A, B, and C). The Old Swedish Version H has - so far - only survived in one manuscript which dates back to 1492 and which is known as Redaction C. As K. E. Schöndorf (1992) discusses, the manuscript has likely been translated from the Middle-Low-German Version H print Hir henet [sic] sik an een boek vnde heth in deme dudeschen de historia van den souen wysen meisteren (incipit) [Lübeck: Lukas Brandis, ca. 1478]. Except for the name of the second wise master that changes from Leuculus to Lentulus, Redaction C adheres to the print's form and language, and to the Version H narrative pattern. However, note that the only extant manuscript is incomplete.

Another translation entered the frame almost two centuries later. Translated from the Danish by Jon Hansson Burman, the first Swedish H print was produced in Stockholm in 1642 by an unknown printer (see Schlusemann 2023: 94, 102).

General Information
Language within Version	Old Swedish
Narrative / Scholarly Group
Parent Versions	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
Child Versions	Old Swedish Redaction C, Swedish Prints (H)
Author
Title
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages
Version Number
Branch of the tradition	West

Language & Composition
Original language of version	Old Swedish
Translated into (languages)
Place of composition
Date of composition	1492
Source for date of composition

Literature & Editions
Modern research literature	Schöndorf (1992), Klemming (1887-1889), Bampi (2007), Schlusemann (2023)
Modern Editions	Klemming, Sju vise mästare (1887-1889)

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 Icelandic Prose: Sjö meistara saga Group A: Sjö meistara saga Group B: Alexander og Lúðvík Icelandic Verse: Sjö meistara saga Group C: Rímur Group D: Vinaspegill 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 Polish Version H Scots Version H: Rolland, Seuin Seages Spanish Version H: Los Siete Sabios de Roma Spanish Prints (H) Swedish Version H: Sju vise mästare Old Swedish Redaction C Swedish Prints (H)

Connected prints

Print Language Location Date of Print Jon Hansson Burman: The siw wijse mestare, huruledhes Pontianus, en keysare vthi Rom, befalte sin son the siw wijse mestarne i händer, at lära the siw frije booklighe konster […]. Swåra nyttigh och lustigh at läsa. Nyligen förswenskat. Stockholm: s.n., 1642 Swedish 1642 Jon Hansson Burman: The siw wijse mestare, huruledhes Pontianus, en keysare vthi Rom, befalte sin son the siw wijse mestarne i händer, at lära the siw frije booklighe konster. Stockholm: s.n., 1668 Swedish 1668 The siw wijse mestare, huruledhes Pontianus, en keysare vthi Rom, befalte sin son the siw wijse mestarne i händer, at lära the siw frije booklighe konster […]. Gefle: s.n., 1778 Swedish 1778 The siw wijse mestare, huruledhes Pontianus, en keysare vthi Rom, befalte sin son the siw wijse mestarne i händer, at lära the siw frije booklighe konster. Örebro: Johan Pehr Lindh, 1787 Swedish 1787 [The siw wijse mestare] […], in: Roliga historier, qwicka infällen, moraler och stundom roliga nyheter m.m. Stockholm: Kumblinska Tryckeriet, 1783 Swedish 1783

Adaptations
Adapted from (version)	German Version H, Danish Version H
Adapted into (version)	Old Swedish Redaction C, Swedish Prints (H)
Source for composition and adaptation information	Schöndorf (1992), Schlusemann (2023), Bampi (2007)

Languages in Use
Language of text	Old Swedish
Regional or specific language of version

Notes
Note
Notes on motifs
Notes on the frame

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Connected manuscripts
Manuscript Language Location Date of Production København Den Arnamagnaeanske Samling Cod. AM. 191 Old Swedish København, Den Arnamagnaeanske Samling before 1492