Swedish Version H: Sju vise mästare

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] (see also Bampi 2014: 240, 251). 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 (see Schöndorf 1992: 58, 66). 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 2023b: 94, 102).

[Added by Elisabeth Böttcher]

General Information

Language within Version

Old Swedish

Parent Versions

H (Historia Septem Sapientum)

Child Versions

Old Swedish Redaction C, Swedish Prints (H)

Branch of the tradition

Seven Sages of Rome

Language & Composition

Language of version

Old Swedish

Date of Composition

1492

Literature & Editions

Modern research literature

Schöndorf (1992), Bampi (2007), Bampi (2014), Klemming (1887-1889), Schlusemann (2023)

Modern Editions

Klemming, Sju vise mästare (1887-1889)

Recorded Branch of This Secondary Version

H (Historia Septem Sapientum)

{{#if: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, 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, 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, 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, [The siw wijse mestare] […], in: Roliga historier, qwicka infällen, moraler och stundom roliga nyheter m.m. Stockholm: Kumblinska Tryckeriet, 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), Bampi (2014)

Pattern of Embedded Stories in This Version

Has Short Title	Has Sequence Number	Has Narrator	Has Name Variation
Arbor – The Tree	1	Empress
Canis – The Faithful Dog	2	Balaas
Aper – The Boar and the Fruit	3	Empress
Puteus – The Well	4	Lentulus
Gaza – The Treasure	5	Empress
Avis – The Bird	6	Cato	Katho
Sapientes – The Wise Men	7	Empress
Tentamina – The Test	8	Malquidras	Malquidrach
Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels	9	Empress
Medicus – The Doctor	10	Josephas	Josephus
Senescalcus and Roma – The Steward, and Rome Beseiged	11	Empress
Amatores – The Three Lovers	12	Cleophas	Kleophus
Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife	13	Empress
Vidua – The Widow	14	Joachim

Connected Manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Location	Has Date Range Of Production