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Conyers Version

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	There is a marked similarity here to the process exemplified by [[Francis Kirkman, Prince Erastus\|Francis Kirkman's Prince Erastus]]: 17th and 18th century redactors clearly believed that their audiences would be interested in more stories, or a more complete picture of the ''Seven Sages'' tale collection, and therefore added more narratives than were found in their particular version. However, just as Kirkman added stories typically found in the ''Historia'' tradition, the redactor of Conyer's text borrowed narratives from the ''[[Erasto (Es)\|Erasto]]'' - sticking to family ''Seven Sages'' tales, rather than inserting any moralising or antifeminist tales.		There is a marked similarity here to the process exemplified by [[Francis Kirkman, Prince Erastus\|Francis Kirkman's Prince Erastus]]: 17th and 18th century redactors clearly believed that their audiences would be interested in more stories, or a more complete picture of the ''Seven Sages'' tale collection, and therefore added more narratives than were found in their particular version. However, just as Kirkman added stories typically found in the ''Historia'' tradition, the redactor of Conyer's text borrowed narratives from the ''[[Erasto (Es)\|Erasto]]'' - sticking to family ''Seven Sages'' tales, rather than inserting any moralising or antifeminist tales.
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Printed English Version A

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Gomme, The History of the Seven Wise Masters of Rome (1885)

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English Version H

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	Scholarship has traditionally suggested that the source for Wynkyn de Worde's text was a French print, identifying [[Les sept sages romains. (Paris): Pierre le Rouge, (not after 1489)\|Pierre le Rouge's 1489 text]] as the potential source. However, as Lydia Zeldenrust points out in a forthcoming article, there are some divergences between the le Rouge print and Wynkyn de Worde's text (for example, the name of the emperor), and she notes that de Worde's version instead bears closer similiarity to the popular Latin, Dutch, and Low German versions of the ''Historia''.		Scholarship has traditionally suggested that the source for Wynkyn de Worde's text was a French print, identifying [[Les sept sages romains. (Paris): Pierre le Rouge, (not after 1489)\|Pierre le Rouge's 1489 text]] as the potential source. However, as Lydia Zeldenrust points out in a forthcoming article, there are some divergences between the le Rouge print and Wynkyn de Worde's text (for example, the name of the emperor), and she notes that de Worde's version instead bears closer similiarity to the popular Latin, Dutch, and Low German versions of the ''Historia''.
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Schlusemann (2023b)

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Gwara (2013)

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English Version H

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English Version H

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Printed English Version A

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Middle English Version A

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Seven wise masters of Rome (fragment). London: Richard Pynson, (1493)

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Zeldenrust (2026)

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Printed English Version A

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Printed English Version A

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Pynson Version

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Seven wise masters of Rome (fragment). London: Richard Pynson, (1493)

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			\|Is Date Uncertain=No
	\|Has Language=English		\|Has Language=English
	\|Has Regional Language=Middle English		\|Has Regional Language=Middle English

Seven wise masters of Rome (fragment). London: Richard Pynson, ca. 1493

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|Has Standardised Title Of Narrative=The Seven Wise Masters
|Has Incipit Or Textual Title=the mete was redy: and the tyme of the day was come to go to dyner
|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
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|Has Note=This fragmentary print is listed as number 370 in Duff, and STC 21297/ESTC S114568. It contains part of the end of the Prince's story, [[Vaticinium and Amici|Vaticinium]], and is the earliest (and only 15th-century) extant English print.
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English Version H

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	\|Has Parent Version=H (Historia Septem Sapientum)		\|Has Parent Version=H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
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Hybrid Version A/L

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	\|Has Description=The French texts attached to this version are those that are the subject of scholarly debate as to their placement in either [[A (Seven Sages)\|Version A]] or [[L (Sept Sages de Rome)\|Version L]]. These texts bear a range of distinctive differences, varying from text to text, that betray a cross-pollination between the two textual versions. ~~Sometimes this is typified~~ as part of a text copied verbatim from A, ~~and other parts~~ from ~~L; in~~ other ~~cases~~, ~~these texts adhere primarily~~ to ~~one tradition, but then borrow portions or embedded stories from the other~~. ~~I am also including~~ in this group ~~all~~ texts that Runte describes as having sixteen or seventeen stories, but otherwise following the Version A pattern, when those additional stories are those typical for Version L's distinctive pattern (''[[Noverca]]'' and ''[[Filia]]''). Please see individual manuscript pages for the story-order, as this varies from text to text.		\|Has Description=The French texts attached to this version are those that are the subject of scholarly debate as to their placement in either [[A (Seven Sages)\|Version A]] or [[L (Sept Sages de Rome)\|Version L]]. These texts bear a range of distinctive differences, varying from text to text, that betray a cross-pollination between the two textual versions. Predominantly, these texts have been critically designated as part of Version A, sometimes including parts of the text copied verbatim from other Version A manuscripts; however, they all include elements that distinguish them from the other A texts, and that bear close similarities to Version L.

			Also included in this group are the texts that Runte describes as having sixteen or seventeen stories, but otherwise following the Version A pattern, when those additional stories are those typical for Version L's distinctive pattern (''[[Noverca]]'' and ''[[Filia]]''). Please see individual manuscript pages for the story-order, as this varies from text to text.
	\|Has Title=Sept Sages de Rome		\|Has Title=Sept Sages de Rome
	\|Has Branch Of Tradition=Seven Sages of Rome		\|Has Branch Of Tradition=Seven Sages of Rome
	\|Is Adapted From=L (Sept Sages de Rome); A (Seven Sages)		\|Is Adapted From=L (Sept Sages de Rome); A (Seven Sages)
	\|Has Language Of Version=Old French		\|Has Language Of Version=Old French
	\|Has Modern Research Literature=ARLIMA: Les sept sages; Berne-Aïache (1966); Coco (2016); Foehr-Janssens (1994); Le Roux de Lincy (1838); Paris (1876); Runte (1971); Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014); Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Speer (1981)		\|Is Date Uncertain=No
			\|Has Modern Research Literature=ARLIMA: Les sept sages; Berne-Aïache (1966); Coco (2016); Foehr-Janssens (1994); Le Roux de Lincy (1838); Paris (1876); Runte (1971); Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014); Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Speer (1981); Maulu (2016)
	\|Has Note=See individual texts for embedded story order.		\|Has Note=See individual texts for embedded story order.
	}}		}}

Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 95

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	* 355ra-380ra: Le roman des sept sages de Rome		* 355ra-380ra: Le roman des sept sages de Rome
	* 380ra-394vb: André le Moine, La penitance Adam		* 380ra-394vb: André le Moine, La penitance Adam
	\|Has Catalogue=Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/4153 (Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/4153) (Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/4153 (Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/4153)) (Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/4153 (Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/4153) (Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/4153 (Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/4153))); BNF: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc13594b		\|Has Catalogue=BNF: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc13594b
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Paris Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 3516

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	\|Has Standardised Title Of Narrative=Sept Sages de Rome		\|Has Standardised Title Of Narrative=Sept Sages de Rome
	\|Has Incipit Or Textual Title=Il avint qu'il ot un enpereor a Romme qui avoit a non Deolicuns. Il ot eu feme; de cele feme ot il I fil …		\|Has Incipit Or Textual Title=Il avint qu'il ot un enpereor a Romme qui avoit a non Deolicuns. Il ot eu feme; de cele feme ot il I fil …
	\|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=~~Overlap of Versions~~ A ~~and~~ L		\|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=Hybrid Version A/L
	\|Has Language Group Within Version=French A/L Overlap		\|Has Language Group Within Version=French A/L Overlap
	\|Has Further Secondary Scholarly Subgroup=Text Y1		\|Has Further Secondary Scholarly Subgroup=Text Y1

Paris Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 3354

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	\|Has Page Range=3r-58v		\|Has Page Range=3r-58v
	\|Has Standardised Title Of Narrative=Sept Sages de Rome		\|Has Standardised Title Of Narrative=Sept Sages de Rome
	\|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=~~Overlap of Versions~~ A ~~and~~ L		\|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=Hybrid Version A/L
	\|Has Language Group Within Version=French A/L Overlap		\|Has Language Group Within Version=French A/L Overlap
	\|Has Source For Information On Textual Relationship to Broader Tradition=Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014)		\|Has Source For Information On Textual Relationship to Broader Tradition=Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014)
			\|Has Language=Old French
			\|Has Modern Edition=Runte, Les sept sages de Rome: An On-Line Edition of French Version A (2006)
	\|Has Start Date Of Production=1400		\|Has Start Date Of Production=1400
	\|Has End Date Of Production=1500		\|Has End Date Of Production=1500
			\|Is Date Uncertain=No
	\|Has Source For Date Of Production=BNF catalogue: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc840610		\|Has Source For Date Of Production=BNF catalogue: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc840610
	\|Has Material=Paper		\|Has Material=Paper
	\|Has ~~Language~~=~~Old French~~		\|Has Total Pages In Manuscript=118
			\|Has Height=292
			\|Has Width=194
	\|Has Literary Form=Prose		\|Has Literary Form=Prose
			\|Has Illustrations=No
	\|Has Collation=* 3 - 58v: Sept Sages de Rome		\|Has Collation=* 3 - 58v: Sept Sages de Rome
	* 59 - 60: Débat de l'amoureux et de la mort		* 59 - 60: Débat de l'amoureux et de la mort
	* 60r - 109r: Pierre de Provence et la belle Maguelonne		* 60r - 109r: Pierre de Provence et la belle Maguelonne
	* 115v - 118v: Office de connétable		* 115v - 118v: Office de connétable
	~~\|Has Total Pages In Manuscript=118~~
	~~\|Has Height=292~~
	~~\|Has Width=194~~
	~~\|Has Illustrations=No~~
	~~\|Has Modern Edition=Runte, Les sept sages de Rome: An On-Line Edition of French Version A (2006)~~
	\|Has Modern Research Literature=Paris (1876); Le Roux de Lincy (1838); Coco (2016); Berne-Aïache (1966); Berne-Aïache (1977); Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Foehr-Janssens (1994)		\|Has Modern Research Literature=Paris (1876); Le Roux de Lincy (1838); Coco (2016); Berne-Aïache (1966); Berne-Aïache (1977); Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Foehr-Janssens (1994)
	~~\|Has Note=Note on grouping:~~

	~~- Runte (2014) lists this as a Version A text.~~

	~~- Arlima lists this as a Version A text (following Runte).~~

	~~- Coco (2016) lists this as a Version A text (following Arlima).~~

	~~- JONAS lists this as a Version L text, possibly following Aïache-Berne.~~

	- Gaston Paris (1876) says, 'Je ne puis m’expliquer la composition de ce texte qu’en admettant que le copiste avait à sa disposition un ms. de L fort endommagé vers la fin.’ Paris continues, noting that the story <nowiki>''</nowiki>Filia<nowiki>''</nowiki> is missing, replaced with an allusion to <nowiki>''</nowiki>Sapientes<nowiki>''</nowiki>, and that despite following L closely for the majority of the text, the end of the narrative exactly mirrors the details and structure of A instead.
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Cambridge University Library MS Gg.6.28

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	\|Has Standardised Title Of Narrative=Sept Sages de Rome		\|Has Standardised Title Of Narrative=Sept Sages de Rome
	\|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=~~Overlap of Versions~~ A ~~and~~ L		\|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=Hybrid Version A/L
	\|Has Language Group Within Version=French A/L Overlap		\|Has Language Group Within Version=French A/L Overlap
	\|Has Further Secondary Scholarly Subgroup=Text C2		\|Has Further Secondary Scholarly Subgroup=Text C2

Brussel Koninklijke Bibliotheek 9245

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	\|Has Standardised Title Of Narrative=Sept Sages de Rome		\|Has Standardised Title Of Narrative=Sept Sages de Rome
	\|Has Incipit Or Textual Title=Ci commence li livres des VII sages de Romme et de Marques le seneschal, et aprés de Laurin et de Cassydorus, et de Pelyarmemis, et aprés li fait des empereeurs de Romme et de Coustantinoble. A Romme ot jadis I empereour qui ot non Dyocleciens. Il ot femme et de celle femme…		\|Has Incipit Or Textual Title=Ci commence li livres des VII sages de Romme et de Marques le seneschal, et aprés de Laurin et de Cassydorus, et de Pelyarmemis, et aprés li fait des empereeurs de Romme et de Coustantinoble. A Romme ot jadis I empereour qui ot non Dyocleciens. Il ot femme et de celle femme…
	\|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=~~Overlap of Versions~~ A ~~and~~ L		\|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=Hybrid Version A/L
	\|Has Language Group Within Version=French A/L Overlap		\|Has Language Group Within Version=French A/L Overlap
	\|Has Further Secondary Scholarly Subgroup=Text B4		\|Has Further Secondary Scholarly Subgroup=Text B4
	\|Has Source For Information On Textual Relationship to Broader Tradition=Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014)		\|Has Source For Information On Textual Relationship to Broader Tradition=Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014)
			\|Has Language=Old French
			\|Has Digitisation=https://uurl.kbr.be/1934974
			\|Has Modern Edition=Plomp, De Middelnederlandsche bewerking van het gedicht van den VII Vroeden van binnen Rome (1899); Runte, Les sept sages de Rome: An On-Line Edition of French Version A (2006)
	\|Has Place Of Production=France (Nord)		\|Has Place Of Production=France (Nord)
	\|Has Start Date Of Production=1300		\|Has Start Date Of Production=1300
	\|Has End Date Of Production=1350		\|Has End Date Of Production=1350
			\|Is Date Uncertain=No
	\|Has Source For Date Of Production=Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/2962		\|Has Source For Date Of Production=Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/2962
	\|Has Material=Parchment		\|Has Material=Parchment
	\|Has ~~Language~~=~~Old French~~		\|Has Total Pages In Manuscript=593
			\|Has Height=405
			\|Has Width=295
	\|Has Literary Form=Prose		\|Has Literary Form=Prose
			\|Has Illustrations=Yes
	\|Has Collation=* 1r - 17r: Sept sages de Rome		\|Has Collation=* 1r - 17r: Sept sages de Rome
	* 17 - 60v: Marques de Rome		* 17 - 60v: Marques de Rome
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	* 348v - 482r: Pelyarmenus		* 348v - 482r: Pelyarmenus
	* 482r - 593v: Kanor		* 482r - 593v: Kanor
	\|Has ~~Total Pages In Manuscript=593~~		\|Has Catalogue=J. Marchal, Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale des ducs de Bourgogne publié par ordre du ministre de l'Intérieur, Bruxelles et Leipzig, Muquardt, 1842, 3 t. (ici t. 1, p. 185, no 9245): https://archive.org/details/cataloguedesman01brus; KBR: https://opac.kbr.be/Library/doc/SYRACUSE/16453139
	~~\|Has Height=405~~
	~~\|Has Width=295~~
	~~\|Has Illustrations=Yes~~
	~~\|Has Digitisation~~=https://~~uurl~~.kbr.be/~~1934974~~
	~~\|Has Modern Edition=Plomp, De Middelnederlandsche bewerking van het gedicht van den VII Vroeden van binnen Rome (1899); Runte, Les sept sages de Rome: An On-Line Edition of French Version A (2006)~~
	\|Has Modern Research Literature=Runte (1974); Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014); Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Coco (2016); Speer (1981); Foehr-Janssens (1994); Berne-Aïache (1966); Le Roux de Lincy (1838); Paris (1876)		\|Has Modern Research Literature=Runte (1974); Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014); Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Coco (2016); Speer (1981); Foehr-Janssens (1994); Berne-Aïache (1966); Le Roux de Lincy (1838); Paris (1876)
	\|Has Catalogue=J. Marchal, Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale des ducs de Bourgogne publié par ordre du ministre de l'Intérieur, Bruxelles et Leipzig, Muquardt, 1842, 3 t. (ici t. 1, p. 185, no 9245): https://archive.org/details/cataloguedesman01brus; KBR: https://opac.kbr.be/Library/doc/SYRACUSE/16453139
	\|Has Note=Note: This text is critically designated as part of the Version A group (Runte, JONAS, Arlima, Foerh-Janssens, Speer, etc.). However, it contains one of the additional 'L' stories, <nowiki>''</nowiki>Noverca<nowiki>''</nowiki>. The empress tells this story after judgement (and, in this text, trial by combat) has already occurred. She tells it, she says, to illustrate her hopes - that her husband would believe her over his son.
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Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 95

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Overlap of Versions A and L

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|Has Description=The French texts attached to this version are those that are the subject of scholarly debate as to their placement in either [[A (Seven Sages)|Version A]] or [[L (Sept Sages de Rome)|Version L]]. These texts bear a range of distinctive differences, varying from text to text, that betray a cross-pollination between the two textual versions. Sometimes this is typified as part of a text copied verbatim from A, and other parts from L; in other cases, these texts adhere primarily to one tradition, but then borrow portions or embedded stories from the other. I am also including in this group all texts that Runte describes as having sixteen or seventeen stories, but otherwise following the Version A pattern, when those additional stories are those typical for Version L's distinctive pattern (''[[Noverca]]'' and ''[[Filia]]''). Please see individual manuscript pages for the story-order, as this varies from text to text.
|Has Title=Sept Sages de Rome
|Has Branch Of Tradition=Seven Sages of Rome
|Is Adapted From=L (Sept Sages de Rome); A (Seven Sages)
|Has Language Of Version=Old French
|Has Modern Research Literature=ARLIMA: Les sept sages; Berne-Aïache (1966); Coco (2016); Foehr-Janssens (1994); Le Roux de Lincy (1838); Paris (1876); Runte (1971); Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014); Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Speer (1981)
|Has Note=See individual texts for embedded story order.
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	{{Secondary Version		{{Secondary Version
	\|Has Description=The Middle English versions of the ''Seven Sages of Rome'' are all part of the Version A tradition. Adapted from one of the Old French A texts sometime in the late 13th or early 14th century, the Middle English ''Seven Sages'' ~~texts~~ clearly insular popularity, developing three distinct redactions that survive in eight manuscripts. These iterations of the narrative bear striking similarity to other popular Middle English romances, both in their narrative concerns and in their form (the near-ubiquitous tail-rhymed octosyllabic couplets).		\|Has Description=The Middle English versions of the ''Seven Sages of Rome'' are all part of the [[A (Seven Sages)\|Version A]] tradition. Adapted from one of the [[French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages\|Old French A]] texts sometime in the late 13th or early 14th century, the Middle English ''Seven Sages'' manuscripts clearly demonstrate insular popularity, developing three distinct redactions that survive in eight manuscripts. These iterations of the narrative bear striking similarity to other popular Middle English romances, both in their narrative concerns and in their form (the near-ubiquitous tail-rhymed octosyllabic couplets).

	According to Campbell (and also Brunner and Whitelock), the Middle English ''Seven Sages'' may be usefully grouped into three regional categories, with dialect differences separating the 'Northern', 'Southern', and 'Midland' redactions. Both Northern and Southern groups are closely related, and are assumed to share a lost parent-text, 'Y'. The Midland redaction, which is not part of the 'Y Group', has notable stylistic distinctions from the other texts, though it follows the same essential pattern. For example, while the emperor is always called Dioclecian and his son named Florentine or Florentin, the Y Group gives the prince's mother the name 'Milicent' while the Midlands text names her 'Helie' or 'Elye'. The sage's names are relatively consistent across all versions, as is the order of the tales themselves, with the notable exception of a single text found in [[Cambridge University Library MS Ff. 2, 38]] (often referred to in scholarship as Text F). This text contains an anomalous version of the narrative, with an atypical story order and the addition of two unique tales ('[[Parricida]]' and '[[Armiger]]').		According to Campbell (and also Brunner and Whitelock), the Middle English ''Seven Sages'' may be usefully grouped into three regional categories, with dialect differences separating the 'Northern', 'Southern', and 'Midland' redactions. Both Northern and Southern groups are closely related, and are assumed to share a lost parent-text, 'Y'. The Midland redaction, which is not part of the 'Y Group', has notable stylistic distinctions from the other texts, though it follows the same essential pattern. For example, while the emperor is always called Dioclecian and his son named Florentine or Florentin, the Y Group gives the prince's mother the name 'Milicent' while the Midlands text names her 'Helie' or 'Elye'. The sage's names are relatively consistent across all versions, as is the order of the tales themselves, with the notable exception of a single text found in [[Cambridge University Library MS Ff. 2, 38]] (often referred to in scholarship as Text F). This text contains an anomalous version of the narrative, with an atypical story order and the addition of two unique tales ('[[Parricida]]' and '[[Armiger]]').

	It is also worth noting that despite their proximity, the Middle English ''Seven Sages'' is notably distinct from the [[Older Scots Version A]], and also the later [[English ~~Prints (~~H)\|English ~~Prints~~]], which are part of the [[H (Historia Septem Sapientum)]] tradition.		It is also worth noting that despite their proximity, the Middle English ''Seven Sages'' is notably distinct from the [[Older Scots Version A]], and also most of the later [[English Version H\|English prints,]] which are predominantly part of the [[H (Historia Septem Sapientum)]] tradition. However, there is one suviving print, produced by [[Seven wise masters of Rome (fragment). London: Richard Pynson, (1493)\|Richard Pynson in c. 1493]], that is critically understood to be a continuation of the English manuscript tradition, and part of the Version A branch of the ''Seven Sages'' family. We therefore see the English print tradition as spanning three discrete versions: [[Printed English Version A\|Version A]] (as seen in the Pynson print); [[English Version H\|Version H]] (as seen in the 1506 Wynkyn de Worde print and the rest of the prose ''Seven Wise Masters'' prints); and the [[English Erasto\|English Erasto texts]] (following the Italian variation of the same name).
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	\|Has Parent Version=A (Seven Sages)		\|Has Parent Version=A (Seven Sages)
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	\|Has End Date Of Composition=1320		\|Has End Date Of Composition=1320
			\|Is Date Uncertain=No
	\|Has Source For Date Of Text Composition=Campbell (1907)		\|Has Source For Date Of Text Composition=Campbell (1907)
	\|Has Modern Research Literature=Brunner (1933); Whitelock (2005); Campbell (1907); Bonsall (2024); Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014); Epstein (1967); Jaunzems (1978); Bonsall and Piercy (2025)		\|Has Modern Research Literature=Brunner (1933); Whitelock (2005); Campbell (1907); Bonsall (2024); Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014); Epstein (1967); Jaunzems (1978); Bonsall and Piercy (2025); Zeldenrust (2026)
	\|Has Modern Edition=Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version) (1933); Campbell, The Seven Sages of Rome (Northern Version) (1907); Whitelock, The Seven Sages of Rome (Midland Version) (2005)		\|Has Modern Edition=Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version) (1933); Campbell, The Seven Sages of Rome (Northern Version) (1907); Whitelock, The Seven Sages of Rome (Midland Version) (2005)
	\|Is Adapted From=French Version A		\|Is Adapted From=French Version A
	\|Is Adapted Into=Group Y; Midland Version		\|Is Adapted Into=Group Y; Midland Version
	\|Has Source For Composition And Adaption Information=Campbell (1907)		\|Has Source For Composition And Adaption Information=Campbell (1907); Whitelock (2005)
	\|Has Note=The story order (below) reflects the tales as they appear in all manuscripts but F ([[Cambridge University Library MS Ff. 2, 38]]).		\|Has Note=The story order (below) reflects the tales as they appear in all manuscripts but F ([[Cambridge University Library MS Ff. 2, 38]]).
	}}		}}