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	The six ''Versio Italico'' redactions are:		The six ''Versio Italico'' redactions are:

	** [[Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C)]] - 14th c., first edited by Capelli		* [[Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C)]] - 14th c., first edited by Capelli
	** [[Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)]] - 15th c., first edited by Della Lucia		* [[Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)]] - 15th c., first edited by Della Lucia
	** [[Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)]] - 15th c., in Latin; first edited by Mussafia		* [[Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)]] - 15th c., in Latin; first edited by Mussafia
	** [[Storia di Stefano (R)]] - 15th c., verse in ''ottava rima''; first edited by Rajna		* [[Storia di Stefano (R)]] - 15th c., verse in ''ottava rima''; first edited by Rajna
	** [[L'Amabile di Continentia]] -15th c., first edited by Cesari		* [[L'Amabile di Continentia]] -15th c., first edited by Cesari
	** [[Erasto (Es)]]		* [[Erasto (Es)]]

Noeth at 12:06, 23 February 2026

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	It is worth noting that two different stories found in the [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr\|Forty Viziers]] appear in the expanded ''Versio Italico'' traditions - the ''L'Amabile'' and ''Erasto'' pattern, and the ''Storia di Stefano'' verse. Given the fact that very few of the embedded stories in the ''Forty Viziers'' appear in the ''Seven Sages'' tradition at all, this is especially noteworthy.		It is worth noting that two different stories found in the [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr\|Forty Viziers]] appear in the expanded ''Versio Italico'' traditions - the ''L'Amabile'' and ''Erasto'' pattern, and the ''Storia di Stefano'' verse. Given the fact that very few of the embedded stories in the ''Forty Viziers'' appear in the ''Seven Sages'' tradition at all, this is especially noteworthy.
	\|Has Title=Versio Italico		\|Has Title=Versio Italico
	~~\|Has Siglum=I (Versio Italico)~~
	\|Has Branch Of Tradition=Seven Sages of Rome		\|Has Branch Of Tradition=Seven Sages of Rome
	\|Is Adapted From=A (Seven Sages); French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages		\|Is Adapted From=A (Seven Sages); French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages

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	\|Has Source For Composition And Adaption Information=Wikeley (1983); D'Agostino (2022)		\|Has Source For Composition And Adaption Information=Wikeley (1983); D'Agostino (2022)
	\|Has Language Of Version=Italian		\|Has Language Of Version=Italian
			\|Has Regional Language=Veneto, Toscano, Lombardo
	\|Is Translated Into Languages=Latin; French; English; Spanish		\|Is Translated Into Languages=Latin; French; English; Spanish
	\|Has Place Of Text Composition=Northern Italy		\|Has Place Of Text Composition=Northern Italy
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	\|Has End Date Of Composition=1400		\|Has End Date Of Composition=1400
	\|Has Source For Date Of Text Composition=D'Agostino (2022); Wikeley (1983)		\|Has Source For Date Of Text Composition=D'Agostino (2022); Wikeley (1983)
	~~\|Has Text Language=Italian~~
	~~\|Has Regional Language=Veneto, Toscano, Lombardo~~
	\|Has Modern Research Literature=Cesari (1896); Wikeley (1983); Campbell (1907); Cappelli (1865); Rajna (1878); Rajna (1880); Bianchi (2014-2015); Lusiani (2019); Lasagni (2012); Marucci (1987); D'Agostino (2022); Paris (1876); Roediger (1883); Della Lucia (1832); Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); D'Ancona (1864); Segre (1959); Mussafia (1867); Fischer (1902); Murko (1890); Mussafia (1864); Battaglia Ricci (1982)		\|Has Modern Research Literature=Cesari (1896); Wikeley (1983); Campbell (1907); Cappelli (1865); Rajna (1878); Rajna (1880); Bianchi (2014-2015); Lusiani (2019); Lasagni (2012); Marucci (1987); D'Agostino (2022); Paris (1876); Roediger (1883); Della Lucia (1832); Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); D'Ancona (1864); Segre (1959); Mussafia (1867); Fischer (1902); Murko (1890); Mussafia (1864); Battaglia Ricci (1982)
	\|Has Modern Edition=Lasagni, Il Libro dei Sette Savi di Roma (2012); Cappelli, Il Libro dei Sette Savi (1865); Bianchi, Libro dei sette savi di Roma (2014-2015); Roediger, Libro de' sette savi (1883); Della Lucia, Novella antica (1832); Lusiani, Il Libro dei sette savî di Roma (2019); Fischer, Beiträge zur Litteratur der Sieben weisen Meister (1902); Mussafia, Beiträge zur Litteratur der Sieben weisen Meister (1867); D'Agostino, Liber septem philosophorum (2024)		\|Has Modern Edition=Lasagni, Il Libro dei Sette Savi di Roma (2012); Cappelli, Il Libro dei Sette Savi (1865); Bianchi, Libro dei sette savi di Roma (2014-2015); Roediger, Libro de' sette savi (1883); Della Lucia, Novella antica (1832); Lusiani, Il Libro dei sette savî di Roma (2019); Fischer, Beiträge zur Litteratur der Sieben weisen Meister (1902); Mussafia, Beiträge zur Litteratur der Sieben weisen Meister (1867); D'Agostino, Liber septem philosophorum (2024)

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	\|Is Adapted Into=Storia di Stefano; L'Amabile di Continentia; Erasto; Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L); Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C); Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)		\|Is Adapted Into=Storia di Stefano; L'Amabile di Continentia; Erasto; Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L); Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C); Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)
	\|Has Source For Composition And Adaption Information=Wikeley (1983); D'Agostino (2022)		\|Has Source For Composition And Adaption Information=Wikeley (1983); D'Agostino (2022)
	\|Has ~~Original~~ Language Of Version=Italian		\|Has Language Of Version=Italian
	\|Is Translated Into Languages=Latin; French; English; Spanish		\|Is Translated Into Languages=Latin; French; English; Spanish
	\|Has Place Of Text Composition=Northern Italy		\|Has Place Of Text Composition=Northern Italy

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	All three of the 'rama antico' texts also share an unusual name for the prince. In [[Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C)\|''Libro'' (C)]], [[Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)\|''Crudele Matrigna'' (M)]], and the [[Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)\|Latin ''Versio Italica'' (L)]], the prince is named 'Stefano' - a name also found in the verse redaction, the [[Storia di Stefano (R)]]. (This name also appears in one of the [[Italian Version A]] texts, the [[Storia favolosa di Stefano (S)]], suggesting some cross-pollination between the A and I traditions.) The ''Storia di Stefano'' diverges from the 'rama antico' in the latter half of the text, however. The narrative begins with the first sage's story [[Canis]] and continues as expected through the 13th story, the sage Charaus' rendition of [[Puteus]]. However, instead of then concluding with Prince Stefano's tale, all of the previous tale-tellers have a chance to speak once more, on the 8th day. The empress tells a three-part story, then each of the seven sages tells another tale before the prince at last tells [[Vaticinium]] to bring about the narrative's conclusion. Almost all of these stories are unique to this version, with the exception of [[Senes]] (found in the [[Dolopathos]] texts), and [[Disputatio gestu]] (found in the Ottoman [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr\|Forty Viziers]] narrative).		All three of the 'rama antico' texts also share an unusual name for the prince. In [[Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C)\|''Libro'' (C)]], [[Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)\|''Crudele Matrigna'' (M)]], and the [[Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)\|Latin ''Versio Italica'' (L)]], the prince is named 'Stefano' - a name also found in the verse redaction, the [[Storia di Stefano (R)]]. (This name also appears in one of the [[Italian Version A]] texts, the [[Storia favolosa di Stefano (S)]], suggesting some cross-pollination between the A and I traditions.) The ''Storia di Stefano'' diverges from the 'rama antico' in the latter half of the text, however. The narrative begins with the first sage's story [[Canis]] and continues as expected through the 13th story, the sage Charaus' rendition of [[Puteus]]. However, instead of then concluding with Prince Stefano's tale, all of the previous tale-tellers have a chance to speak once more, on the 8th day. The empress tells a three-part story, then each of the seven sages tells another tale before the prince at last tells [[Vaticinium]] to bring about the narrative's conclusion. Almost all of these stories are unique to this version, with the exception of [[Senes]] (found in the [[Dolopathos]] texts), and [[Disputatio gestu]] (found in the Ottoman [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr\|Forty Viziers]] narrative).

	The final two redactions of the ''Versio Italico,'' [[L'Amabile di Continentia]] and [[Erasto]], are closely related, and distinguished from the other redactions: in these texts, the prince is not named Stefano, but Erasto. ''L'Amabile'' is critically assumed to be ''Erasto''<nowiki/>'s source (see [[Cesari (1896)\|Cesari (1896),]] [[Wikeley (1983)]], etc.). In both texts the stepmother is named Afrodisia, while the sages are given names designed to sound Greek: Euprosigoro, Dimurgo, Terno, Enoscopo, Filando, Agato, and Leuco (see [[Cesari (1896)]]). These redactions drop several of the expected ''Versio Italico'' embedded stories (Vidua, Puteus, Avis), usually told by the sages, and replace them with several new tales: [[Corpus Delicti]], [[Zelus]], and [[Caepulla]]. Additionally, unlike the 'rama antico' texts, ''L'Amabile'' and ''Erasto'' give the stepmother a seventh story, a new story titled [[Puer Adoptatus]], bringing the narrative total back to fifteen. Of these four new texts, none are found elsewhere in the ''Seven Sages'' tradition, with the exception of ''Caepulla'', which also appears in the [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr]]. Another distinguishing element is the fact that, rather than facing public execution, the empress kills herself in prison in at the end of the narrative.		The final two redactions of the ''Versio Italico,'' [[L'Amabile di Continentia]] and [[Erasto]], are closely related, and distinguished from the other redactions: in these texts, the prince is not named Stefano, but Erasto. ''L'Amabile'' is critically assumed to be ''Erasto''<nowiki/>'s source (see [[Cesari (1896)\|Cesari (1896),]] [[Wikeley (1983)]], etc.). In both texts the stepmother is named Afrodisia, while the sages are given names designed to sound Greek: Euprosigoro, Dimurgo, Terno, Enoscopo, Filando, Agato, and Leuco (see [[Cesari (1896)]]). These redactions drop several of the expected ''Versio Italico'' embedded stories (Vidua, Puteus, Avis), usually told by the sages, and replace them with several new tales: [[Corpus Delicti]], [[Zelus]], and [[Caepulla]]. Additionally, unlike the 'rama antico' texts, ''L'Amabile'' and ''Erasto'' give the stepmother a seventh story, a new story titled [[Puer Adoptatus]], bringing the narrative total back to fifteen. Of these four new texts, none are found elsewhere in the ''Seven Sages'' tradition, with the exception of ''Caepulla'', which also appears in the [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr]]. Another distinguishing element is the fact that, rather than facing public execution, the empress kills herself in prison in at the end of the narrative. While [[L'Amabile di Continentia]] exists in a handful of manuscripts, [[Erasto]] (or, achieved wild popularity in early print, appearing in more than thirty different editions before the end of the sixteenth century. It was then translated into French, Italian, and Spanish.

	While [[L'Amabile di Continentia]] exists in a handful of manuscripts, [[Erasto]] (or, achieved wild popularity in early print, appearing in more than thirty different editions before the end of the sixteenth century. It was then translated into French, Italian, and Spanish.

	It is worth noting that two different stories found in the [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr\|Forty Viziers]] appear in the expanded ''Versio Italico'' traditions - the ''L'Amabile'' and ''Erasto'' pattern, and the ''Storia di Stefano'' verse. Given the fact that very few of the embedded stories in the ''Forty Viziers'' appear in the ''Seven Sages'' tradition at all, this is especially noteworthy.		It is worth noting that two different stories found in the [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr\|Forty Viziers]] appear in the expanded ''Versio Italico'' traditions - the ''L'Amabile'' and ''Erasto'' pattern, and the ''Storia di Stefano'' verse. Given the fact that very few of the embedded stories in the ''Forty Viziers'' appear in the ''Seven Sages'' tradition at all, this is especially noteworthy.

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	All three of the 'rama antico' texts also share an unusual name for the prince. In [[Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C)\|''Libro'' (C)]], [[Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)\|''Crudele Matrigna'' (M)]], and the [[Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)\|Latin ''Versio Italica'' (L)]], the prince is named 'Stefano' - a name also found in the verse redaction, the [[Storia di Stefano (R)]]. (This name also appears in one of the [[Italian Version A]] texts, the [[Storia favolosa di Stefano (S)]], suggesting some cross-pollination between the A and I traditions.) The ''Storia di Stefano'' diverges from the 'rama antico' in the latter half of the text, however. The narrative begins with the first sage's story [[Canis]] and continues as expected through the 13th story, the sage Charaus' rendition of [[Puteus]]. However, instead of then concluding with Prince Stefano's tale, all of the previous tale-tellers have a chance to speak once more, on the 8th day. The empress tells a three-part story, then each of the seven sages tells another tale before the prince at last tells [[Vaticinium]] to bring about the narrative's conclusion. Almost all of these stories are unique to this version, with the exception of [[Senes]] (found in the [[Dolopathos]] texts), and [[Disputatio gestu]] (found in the Ottoman [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr\|Forty Viziers]] narrative).		All three of the 'rama antico' texts also share an unusual name for the prince. In [[Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C)\|''Libro'' (C)]], [[Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)\|''Crudele Matrigna'' (M)]], and the [[Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)\|Latin ''Versio Italica'' (L)]], the prince is named 'Stefano' - a name also found in the verse redaction, the [[Storia di Stefano (R)]]. (This name also appears in one of the [[Italian Version A]] texts, the [[Storia favolosa di Stefano (S)]], suggesting some cross-pollination between the A and I traditions.) The ''Storia di Stefano'' diverges from the 'rama antico' in the latter half of the text, however. The narrative begins with the first sage's story [[Canis]] and continues as expected through the 13th story, the sage Charaus' rendition of [[Puteus]]. However, instead of then concluding with Prince Stefano's tale, all of the previous tale-tellers have a chance to speak once more, on the 8th day. The empress tells a three-part story, then each of the seven sages tells another tale before the prince at last tells [[Vaticinium]] to bring about the narrative's conclusion. Almost all of these stories are unique to this version, with the exception of [[Senes]] (found in the [[Dolopathos]] texts), and [[Disputatio gestu]] (found in the Ottoman [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr\|Forty Viziers]] narrative).

	The final two redactions of the ''Versio Italico,'' [[L'Amabile di Continentia]] and [[Erasto]], are closely related, and distinguished from the other redactions: in these texts, the prince is not named Stefano, but Erasto. ''L'Amabile'' is critically assumed to be ''Erasto''<nowiki/>'s source (see [[Cesari (1896)\|Cesari (1896),]] [[Wikeley (1983)]], etc.). In both texts the stepmother is named Afrodisia, while the sages are given names designed to sound Greek: ~~Euprosigorus~~, ~~Dimurgus~~, ~~Thermus~~, ~~Enoscopus~~, ~~Philantropus~~, ~~Agathus~~, ~~Leucus~~ (see ~~[[Campbell (1907)]] and~~ [[Cesari (1896)]]). These redactions drop several of the expected ''Versio Italico'' embedded stories (Vidua, Puteus, Avis), usually told by the sages, and replace them with several new tales: [[Corpus Delicti]], [[Zelus]], and [[Caepulla]]. Additionally, unlike the 'rama antico' texts, ''L'Amabile'' and ''Erasto'' give the stepmother a seventh story, a new story titled [[Puer Adoptatus]], bringing the narrative total back to fifteen. Of these four new texts, none are found elsewhere in the ''Seven Sages'' tradition, with the exception of ''Caepulla'', which also appears in the [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr]]. Another distinguishing element is the fact that, rather than facing public execution, the empress kills herself in prison in at the end of the narrative.		The final two redactions of the ''Versio Italico,'' [[L'Amabile di Continentia]] and [[Erasto]], are closely related, and distinguished from the other redactions: in these texts, the prince is not named Stefano, but Erasto. ''L'Amabile'' is critically assumed to be ''Erasto''<nowiki/>'s source (see [[Cesari (1896)\|Cesari (1896),]] [[Wikeley (1983)]], etc.). In both texts the stepmother is named Afrodisia, while the sages are given names designed to sound Greek: Euprosigoro, Dimurgo, Terno, Enoscopo, Filando, Agato, and Leuco (see [[Cesari (1896)]]). These redactions drop several of the expected ''Versio Italico'' embedded stories (Vidua, Puteus, Avis), usually told by the sages, and replace them with several new tales: [[Corpus Delicti]], [[Zelus]], and [[Caepulla]]. Additionally, unlike the 'rama antico' texts, ''L'Amabile'' and ''Erasto'' give the stepmother a seventh story, a new story titled [[Puer Adoptatus]], bringing the narrative total back to fifteen. Of these four new texts, none are found elsewhere in the ''Seven Sages'' tradition, with the exception of ''Caepulla'', which also appears in the [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr]]. Another distinguishing element is the fact that, rather than facing public execution, the empress kills herself in prison in at the end of the narrative.

	While [[L'Amabile di Continentia]] exists in a handful of manuscripts, [[Erasto]] (or, achieved wild popularity in early print, appearing in more than thirty different editions before the end of the sixteenth century. It was then translated into French, Italian, and Spanish.		While [[L'Amabile di Continentia]] exists in a handful of manuscripts, [[Erasto]] (or, achieved wild popularity in early print, appearing in more than thirty different editions before the end of the sixteenth century. It was then translated into French, Italian, and Spanish.

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	** [[Storia di Stefano (R)]] - 15th c., verse in ''ottava rima''; first edited by Rajna		** [[Storia di Stefano (R)]] - 15th c., verse in ''ottava rima''; first edited by Rajna
	** [[L'Amabile di Continentia]] -15th c., first edited by Cesari		** [[L'Amabile di Continentia]] -15th c., first edited by Cesari
	** [[Erasto]]		** [[Erasto (Es)]]

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	\|Has Text Language=Italian		\|Has Text Language=Italian
	\|Has Regional Language=Veneto, Toscano, Lombardo		\|Has Regional Language=Veneto, Toscano, Lombardo
	\|Has Modern Research Literature=Cesari (1896); Wikeley (1983); Campbell (1907); Cappelli (1865); Rajna (1878); Rajna (1880); Bianchi (2014-2015); Lusiani (2019); Lasagni (2012~~); Ricci (1982~~); Marucci (1987); D'Agostino (2022); Paris (1876); Roediger (1883); Della Lucia (1832); Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); D'Ancona (1864); Segre (1959); Mussafia (1867); Fischer (1902); Murko (1890); Mussafia (1864)		\|Has Modern Research Literature=Cesari (1896); Wikeley (1983); Campbell (1907); Cappelli (1865); Rajna (1878); Rajna (1880); Bianchi (2014-2015); Lusiani (2019); Lasagni (2012); Marucci (1987); D'Agostino (2022); Paris (1876); Roediger (1883); Della Lucia (1832); Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); D'Ancona (1864); Segre (1959); Mussafia (1867); Fischer (1902); Murko (1890); Mussafia (1864); Battaglia Ricci (1982)
	\|Has Modern Edition=Lasagni, Il Libro dei Sette Savi di Roma (2012); Cappelli, Il Libro dei Sette Savi (1865); Bianchi, Libro dei sette savi di Roma (2014-2015); Roediger, Libro de' sette savi (1883); Della Lucia, Novella antica (1832); Lusiani, Il Libro dei sette savî di Roma (2019); Fischer, Beiträge zur Litteratur der Sieben weisen Meister (1902); Mussafia, Beiträge zur Litteratur der Sieben weisen Meister (1867); D'Agostino, Liber septem philosophorum (2024)		\|Has Modern Edition=Lasagni, Il Libro dei Sette Savi di Roma (2012); Cappelli, Il Libro dei Sette Savi (1865); Bianchi, Libro dei sette savi di Roma (2014-2015); Roediger, Libro de' sette savi (1883); Della Lucia, Novella antica (1832); Lusiani, Il Libro dei sette savî di Roma (2019); Fischer, Beiträge zur Litteratur der Sieben weisen Meister (1902); Mussafia, Beiträge zur Litteratur der Sieben weisen Meister (1867); D'Agostino, Liber septem philosophorum (2024)
	}}		}}

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	** [[Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)]] - 15th c., in Latin; first edited by Mussafia		** [[Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)]] - 15th c., in Latin; first edited by Mussafia
	** [[Storia di Stefano (R)]] - 15th c., verse in ''ottava rima''; first edited by Rajna		** [[Storia di Stefano (R)]] - 15th c., verse in ''ottava rima''; first edited by Rajna
	** [[L'Amabile di Continentia]]		** [[L'Amabile di Continentia]] -15th c., first edited by Cesari
	** [[Erasto]]		** [[Erasto]]

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	These six versions redactions are often split into distinct sub-groups in scholarship. For example, the first three of these texts constitute the 'rama antico', or old branch of Version I. [[Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C)\|Il Libro dei Sette Savi (C)]] and the [[Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)]] are closely related, and one or both of them may have derived from the Latin [[Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)]] (the only non-Italian text in this part of the tradition); none are direct translations of each other, however. All three of these redactions have fourteen rather than the expected fifteen stories. [[D'Agostino (2022)]] explores the complex relationship between the three 'ramo antico' redactions at length, and suggests that the Latin Versio Italica (or some specific manuscript witnesses of that version) may have been the source for the ''Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna'', as many scholars have suggested ([[Paris (1876)\|Paris (1876),]] [[Rajna (1880)]], etc.). However, D'Agostino does not concur with Gaston Paris' insistance that the extant Latin text was the source for the ''Libro'' (C) as well, instead suggesting that C and L both derived from a shared (lost) source, with intervening textual variation, cross-contamination, and mediation (p. 271-75).		These six versions redactions are often split into distinct sub-groups in scholarship. For example, the first three of these texts constitute the 'rama antico', or old branch of Version I. [[Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C)\|Il Libro dei Sette Savi (C)]] and the [[Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)]] are closely related, and one or both of them may have derived from the Latin [[Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)]] (the only non-Italian text in this part of the tradition); none are direct translations of each other, however. All three of these redactions have fourteen rather than the expected fifteen stories. [[D'Agostino (2022)]] explores the complex relationship between the three 'ramo antico' redactions at length, and suggests that the Latin Versio Italica (or some specific manuscript witnesses of that version) may have been the source for the ''Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna'', as many scholars have suggested ([[Paris (1876)\|Paris (1876),]] [[Rajna (1880)]], etc.). However, D'Agostino does not concur with Gaston Paris' insistance that the extant Latin text was the source for the ''Libro'' (C) as well, instead suggesting that C and L both derived from a shared (lost) source, with intervening textual variation, cross-contamination, and mediation (p. 271-75).

	All three of the 'rama antico' texts also share an unusual name for the prince. In [[Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C)\|''Libro'' (C)]], [[Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)\|''Crudele Matrigna'' (M)]], and the [[Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)\|Latin ''Versio Italica'' (L)]], the prince is named 'Stefano' - a name also found in the verse redaction, the [[Storia di Stefano (R)]]. (This name also appears in one of the [[Italian Version A]] texts, the [[Storia favolosa di Stefano (S)]], suggesting some cross-pollination between the A and I traditions.) The ''Storia di Stefano'' diverges from the 'rama antico' in the latter half of the text, however. The narrative begins with the first sage's story [[Canis]] and continues as expected through the 13th story, the sage Charaus' rendition of [[Puteus]]. However, instead of then concluding with Prince Stefano's tale, all of the previous tale-tellers have a chance to speak once more, on the 8th day. The empress tells a three-part story ~~(listed below as separate tales, though narrated jointly)~~, then each of the seven sages tells another tale~~. Malchidas's tale is also a tripartite narrative, split into three separate tales below, but usually listed as one block of narration in criticism. Therefore,~~ before the prince at last tells [[Vaticinium]] to bring about the narrative's conclusion, 22 (~~or, if we divide~~ the ~~narratives, as below, 26~~) ~~stories have already been told~~, ~~with more than half of them on~~ the ~~final day~~.		All three of the 'rama antico' texts also share an unusual name for the prince. In [[Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C)\|''Libro'' (C)]], [[Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)\|''Crudele Matrigna'' (M)]], and the [[Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)\|Latin ''Versio Italica'' (L)]], the prince is named 'Stefano' - a name also found in the verse redaction, the [[Storia di Stefano (R)]]. (This name also appears in one of the [[Italian Version A]] texts, the [[Storia favolosa di Stefano (S)]], suggesting some cross-pollination between the A and I traditions.) The ''Storia di Stefano'' diverges from the 'rama antico' in the latter half of the text, however. The narrative begins with the first sage's story [[Canis]] and continues as expected through the 13th story, the sage Charaus' rendition of [[Puteus]]. However, instead of then concluding with Prince Stefano's tale, all of the previous tale-tellers have a chance to speak once more, on the 8th day. The empress tells a three-part story, then each of the seven sages tells another tale before the prince at last tells [[Vaticinium]] to bring about the narrative's conclusion. Almost all of these stories are unique to this version, with the exception of [[Senes]] (found in the [[Dolopathos]] texts), and [[Disputatio gestu]] (found in the Ottoman [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr\|Forty Viziers]] narrative).

			The final two redactions of the ''Versio Italico,'' [[L'Amabile di Continentia]] and [[Erasto]], are closely related, and distinguished from the other redactions: in these texts, the prince is not named Stefano, but Erasto. ''L'Amabile'' is critically assumed to be ''Erasto''<nowiki/>'s source (see [[Cesari (1896)\|Cesari (1896),]] [[Wikeley (1983)]], etc.). In both texts the stepmother is named Afrodisia, while the sages are given names designed to sound Greek: Euprosigorus, Dimurgus, Thermus, Enoscopus, Philantropus, Agathus, Leucus (see [[Campbell (1907)]] and [[Cesari (1896)]]). These redactions drop several of the expected ''Versio Italico'' embedded stories (Vidua, Puteus, Avis), usually told by the sages, and replace them with several new tales: [[Corpus Delicti]], [[Zelus]], and [[Caepulla]]. Additionally, unlike the 'rama antico' texts, ''L'Amabile'' and ''Erasto'' give the stepmother a seventh story, a new story titled [[Puer Adoptatus]], bringing the narrative total back to fifteen. Of these four new texts, none are found elsewhere in the ''Seven Sages'' tradition, with the exception of ''Caepulla'', which also appears in the [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr]]. Another distinguishing element is the fact that, rather than facing public execution, the empress kills herself in prison in at the end of the narrative.

	~~the first four~~ of ~~these narratives all give~~ the ~~prince the unusual name 'Stefano' (something shared with one~~ of the Italian ~~Version A texts~~, the [[~~Storia favolosa di Stefano (S)~~\|Storia ~~favolosa~~ di Stefano~~)]]~~,		While [[L'Amabile di Continentia]] exists in a handful of manuscripts, [[Erasto]] (or, achieved wild popularity in early print, appearing in more than thirty different editions before the end of the sixteenth century. It was then translated into French, Italian, and Spanish.

			It is worth noting that two different stories found in the [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr\|Forty Viziers]] appear in the expanded ''Versio Italico'' traditions - the ''L'Amabile'' and ''Erasto'' pattern, and the ''Storia di Stefano'' verse. Given the fact that very few of the embedded stories in the ''Forty Viziers'' appear in the ''Seven Sages'' tradition at all, this is especially noteworthy.
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	\|Is Adapted From=A (Seven Sages); French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages		\|Is Adapted From=A (Seven Sages); French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages
	\|Is Adapted Into=Storia di Stefano; L'Amabile di Continentia; Erasto; Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L); Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C); Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)		\|Is Adapted Into=Storia di Stefano; L'Amabile di Continentia; Erasto; Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L); Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C); Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)
			\|Has Source For Composition And Adaption Information=Wikeley (1983); D'Agostino (2022)
			\|Has Original Language Of Version=Italian
			\|Is Translated Into Languages=Latin; French; English; Spanish
	\|Has Place Of Text Composition=Northern Italy		\|Has Place Of Text Composition=Northern Italy
	\|Has Start Date Of Composition=1250		\|Has Start Date Of Composition=1250
	\|Has End Date Of Composition=1400		\|Has End Date Of Composition=1400
			\|Has Source For Date Of Text Composition=D'Agostino (2022); Wikeley (1983)
	\|Has Text Language=Italian		\|Has Text Language=Italian
	\|Has Regional Language=Veneto, Toscano		\|Has Regional Language=Veneto, Toscano, Lombardo
			\|Has Modern Research Literature=Cesari (1896); Wikeley (1983); Campbell (1907); Cappelli (1865); Rajna (1878); Rajna (1880); Bianchi (2014-2015); Lusiani (2019); Lasagni (2012); Ricci (1982); Marucci (1987); D'Agostino (2022); Paris (1876); Roediger (1883); Della Lucia (1832); Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); D'Ancona (1864); Segre (1959); Mussafia (1867); Fischer (1902); Murko (1890); Mussafia (1864)
			\|Has Modern Edition=Lasagni, Il Libro dei Sette Savi di Roma (2012); Cappelli, Il Libro dei Sette Savi (1865); Bianchi, Libro dei sette savi di Roma (2014-2015); Roediger, Libro de' sette savi (1883); Della Lucia, Novella antica (1832); Lusiani, Il Libro dei sette savî di Roma (2019); Fischer, Beiträge zur Litteratur der Sieben weisen Meister (1902); Mussafia, Beiträge zur Litteratur der Sieben weisen Meister (1867); D'Agostino, Liber septem philosophorum (2024)
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	\|Has Description=The Italian branch of the ''Seven Sages'' is usually reffered to as Version I, or the ''Versio Italico'', in scholarship, and the texts are often titled ''Il Libro dei Sette Savi di Roma''. This is an umbrella version used to refer to a group of six different Italian redactions. While the Version I pattern is assumed to stem originally from the [[A (Seven Sages)\|Version A]] tradition, the ''Versio Italico'' versions evolved sepately from the [[Italian Version A]] texts. The Italian witness to the Seven Sages tradition are therefore split into two distinct groups.		\|Has Description=The Italian branch of the ''Seven Sages'' is usually reffered to as Version I, or the ''Versio Italico'', in scholarship, and the texts are often titled ''Il Libro dei Sette Savi di Roma''. This is an umbrella version used to refer to a group of six different Italian redactions. While the Version I pattern is assumed to stem originally from the [[A (Seven Sages)\|Version A]] tradition, the ''Versio Italico'' versions evolved sepately from the [[Italian Version A]] texts. The Italian witness to the Seven Sages tradition are therefore split into two distinct groups - those that are part of the A family, and the Version I family, described here.

	Within the ''Versio Italico'' branch, the six redactions ~~are:~~		Within the ''Versio Italico'' branch, the various redactions demonstrate some clear differences. However, they all linked by their distinctive pattern of embedded tales. In all the ''Versio Italico'' redactions, the storytelling contest begins with the sages' first story, [[Canis]], rather than a story told by the empress, as we see in the [[A (Seven Sages)\|Version A]] and [[H (Historia Septem Sapientum)\|Historia]] patterns. The empress's usual story [[Senescalcus]] is omitted entirely, and she usually tells six rather than seven stories. Some scholarship ([[Rajna (1880)\|Rajna]]) suggests this omission may have been made out of prudishness (as Senescalcus is one of the most explicit of the tales usually found in the European ''Seven Sages'' tradition); whatever the reason, the change necessitated a reordering of the narrative components of the text (see story order, below). While some of the ''Versio Italico'' redactions add or change stories later in the text, the initial pattern holds clear for all of them.

	** [[Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C)]]		The six ''Versio Italico'' redactions are:
	** [[Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)]]
	** [[Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)]]		** [[Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C)]] - 14th c., first edited by Capelli
	** [[Storia di Stefano (R)]]		** [[Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)]] - 15th c., first edited by Della Lucia
	** [[L'Amabile di Continentia]]		** [[Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)]] - 15th c., in Latin; first edited by Mussafia
			** [[Storia di Stefano (R)]] - 15th c., verse in ''ottava rima''; first edited by Rajna
			** [[L'Amabile di Continentia]]
	** [[Erasto]]		** [[Erasto]]

	These six versions redactions are often split into distinct sub-groups. For example, the first three of these texts constitute the 'rama antico', or old branch of Version I. [[Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C)\|Il Libro dei Sette Savi (C)]], is one of the three texts that forms the closely related 'ramo italico antico', the old branch of the Italian ''Seven Sages'' texts, alongside the Latin [[Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)]], and Italian [[Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)]]. Like both of these redactions, ''Libro'' (C) has fourteen, rather than the expected fifteen, stories. The storytelling contest begins with the sages' first story, [[Canis]], rather than a story told by the empress; her story [[Senescalcus]] is omitted entirely, and she tells six rather than seven stories. Some scholarship ([[Rajna (1880)\|Rajna]]) suggests this omission may have been made out of prudishness (as Senescalcus is the most explicit of the tales usually found in the [[A (Seven Sages)\|Version A]] pattern); whatever the reason, the change necessitated a reordering of the narrative components of the text (see story order, below).

	[[D'Agostino (2022)]] explores the complex relationship between the three 'ramo antico' redactions at length~~. Through close analysis of the textual variations across all manuscript witness of the three redactions~~, ~~D'Agostino~~ suggests that the Latin Versio Italica (or some specific manuscript witnesses of that version) may have been the source for the ''Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna'', as many scholars have suggested ([[Paris (1876)\|Paris (1876),]] [[Rajna (1880)]], etc.). However, D'Agostino does not concur with Gaston Paris' insistance that the extant Latin text was the source for the ''Libro'' (C) as well, instead suggesting that C and L both derived from a shared (lost) source, with intervening textual variation, cross-contamination, and mediation (p. 271-75).		These six versions redactions are often split into distinct sub-groups in scholarship. For example, the first three of these texts constitute the 'rama antico', or old branch of Version I. [[Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C)\|Il Libro dei Sette Savi (C)]] and the [[Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)]] are closely related, and one or both of them may have derived from the Latin [[Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)]] (the only non-Italian text in this part of the tradition); none are direct translations of each other, however. All three of these redactions have fourteen rather than the expected fifteen stories. [[D'Agostino (2022)]] explores the complex relationship between the three 'ramo antico' redactions at length, and suggests that the Latin Versio Italica (or some specific manuscript witnesses of that version) may have been the source for the ''Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna'', as many scholars have suggested ([[Paris (1876)\|Paris (1876),]] [[Rajna (1880)]], etc.). However, D'Agostino does not concur with Gaston Paris' insistance that the extant Latin text was the source for the ''Libro'' (C) as well, instead suggesting that C and L both derived from a shared (lost) source, with intervening textual variation, cross-contamination, and mediation (p. 271-75).

			All three of the 'rama antico' texts also share an unusual name for the prince. In [[Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C)\|''Libro'' (C)]], [[Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)\|''Crudele Matrigna'' (M)]], and the [[Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)\|Latin ''Versio Italica'' (L)]], the prince is named 'Stefano' - a name also found in the verse redaction, the [[Storia di Stefano (R)]]. (This name also appears in one of the [[Italian Version A]] texts, the [[Storia favolosa di Stefano (S)]], suggesting some cross-pollination between the A and I traditions.) The ''Storia di Stefano'' diverges from the 'rama antico' in the latter half of the text, however. The narrative begins with the first sage's story [[Canis]] and continues as expected through the 13th story, the sage Charaus' rendition of [[Puteus]]. However, instead of then concluding with Prince Stefano's tale, all of the previous tale-tellers have a chance to speak once more, on the 8th day. The empress tells a three-part story (listed below as separate tales, though narrated jointly), then each of the seven sages tells another tale. Malchidas's tale is also a tripartite narrative, split into three separate tales below, but usually listed as one block of narration in criticism. Therefore, before the prince at last tells [[Vaticinium]] to bring about the narrative's conclusion, 22 (or, if we divide the narratives, as below, 26) stories have already been told, with more than half of them on the final day.

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	All three of the 'rama antico' texts also share an unusual name for the prince. In [[Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C)\|''Libro'' (C)]], [[Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)\|''Crudele Matrigna'' (M)]], and the [[Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)\|Latin ''Versio Italica'' (L)]], the prince is named 'Stefano' - a name also found in the verse redaction, the [[Storia di Stefano (R)]]. (This name also appears in one of the [[Italian Version A]] texts, the [[Storia favolosa di Stefano (S)]], suggesting some cross-pollination between the A and I traditions.) The ''Storia di Stefano'' diverges from the 'rama antico' in the latter half of the text, however. The narrative begins with the first sage's story [[Canis]] and continues as expected through the 13th story, the sage Charaus' rendition of [[Puteus]]. However, instead of then concluding with Prince Stefano's tale, all of the previous tale-tellers have a chance to speak once more, on the 8th day. The empress tells a three-part story, then each of the seven sages tells another tale before the prince at last tells [[Vaticinium]] to bring about the narrative's conclusion. Almost all of these stories are unique to this version, with the exception of [[Senes]] (found in the [[Dolopathos]] texts), and [[Disputatio gestu]] (found in the Ottoman [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr\|Forty Viziers]] narrative).		All three of the 'rama antico' texts also share an unusual name for the prince. In [[Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C)\|''Libro'' (C)]], [[Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)\|''Crudele Matrigna'' (M)]], and the [[Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)\|Latin ''Versio Italica'' (L)]], the prince is named 'Stefano' - a name also found in the verse redaction, the [[Storia di Stefano (R)]]. (This name also appears in one of the [[Italian Version A]] texts, the [[Storia favolosa di Stefano (S)]], suggesting some cross-pollination between the A and I traditions.) The ''Storia di Stefano'' diverges from the 'rama antico' in the latter half of the text, however. The narrative begins with the first sage's story [[Canis]] and continues as expected through the 13th story, the sage Charaus' rendition of [[Puteus]]. However, instead of then concluding with Prince Stefano's tale, all of the previous tale-tellers have a chance to speak once more, on the 8th day. The empress tells a three-part story, then each of the seven sages tells another tale before the prince at last tells [[Vaticinium]] to bring about the narrative's conclusion. Almost all of these stories are unique to this version, with the exception of [[Senes]] (found in the [[Dolopathos]] texts), and [[Disputatio gestu]] (found in the Ottoman [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr\|Forty Viziers]] narrative).

	The final two redactions of the ''Versio Italico,'' [[L'Amabile di Continentia]] and [[Erasto]], are closely related, and distinguished from the other redactions: in these texts, the prince is not named Stefano, but Erasto. ''L'Amabile'' is critically assumed to be ''Erasto''<nowiki/>'s source (see [[Cesari (1896)\|Cesari (1896),]] [[Wikeley (1983)]], etc.). In both texts the stepmother is named Afrodisia, while the sages are given names designed to sound Greek: Euprosigoro, Dimurgo, Terno, Enoscopo, Filando, Agato, and Leuco (see [[Cesari (1896)]]). These redactions drop several of the expected ''Versio Italico'' embedded stories (Vidua, Puteus, Avis), usually told by the sages, and replace them with several new tales: [[Corpus Delicti]], [[Zelus]], and [[Caepulla]]. Additionally, unlike the 'rama antico' texts, ''L'Amabile'' and ''Erasto'' give the stepmother a seventh story, a new story titled [[Puer Adoptatus]], bringing the narrative total back to fifteen. Of these four new texts, none are found elsewhere in the ''Seven Sages'' tradition, with the exception of ''Caepulla'', which also appears in the [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr]]. Another distinguishing element is the fact that, rather than facing public execution, the empress kills herself in prison in at the end of the narrative.		The final two redactions of the ''Versio Italico,'' [[L'Amabile di Continentia]] and [[Erasto]], are closely related, and distinguished from the other redactions: in these texts, the prince is not named Stefano, but Erasto. ''L'Amabile'' is critically assumed to be ''Erasto''<nowiki/>'s source (see [[Cesari (1896)\|Cesari (1896),]] [[Wikeley (1983)]], etc.). In both texts the stepmother is named Afrodisia, while the sages are given names designed to sound Greek: Euprosigoro, Dimurgo, Terno, Enoscopo, Filando, Agato, and Leuco (see [[Cesari (1896)]]). These redactions drop several of the expected ''Versio Italico'' embedded stories (Vidua, Puteus, Avis), usually told by the sages, and replace them with several new tales: [[Corpus Delicti]], [[Zelus]], and [[Caepulla]]. Additionally, unlike the 'rama antico' texts, ''L'Amabile'' and ''Erasto'' give the stepmother a seventh story, a new story titled [[Puer Adoptatus]], bringing the narrative total back to fifteen. Of these four new texts, none are found elsewhere in the ''Seven Sages'' tradition, with the exception of ''Caepulla'', which also appears in the [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr]]. Another distinguishing element is the fact that, rather than facing public execution, the empress kills herself in prison in at the end of the narrative. While [[L'Amabile di Continentia]] exists in a handful of manuscripts, [[Erasto]] (or, achieved wild popularity in early print, appearing in more than thirty different editions before the end of the sixteenth century. It was then translated into French, Italian, and Spanish.

	While [[L'Amabile di Continentia]] exists in a handful of manuscripts, [[Erasto]] (or, achieved wild popularity in early print, appearing in more than thirty different editions before the end of the sixteenth century. It was then translated into French, Italian, and Spanish.

	It is worth noting that two different stories found in the [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr\|Forty Viziers]] appear in the expanded ''Versio Italico'' traditions - the ''L'Amabile'' and ''Erasto'' pattern, and the ''Storia di Stefano'' verse. Given the fact that very few of the embedded stories in the ''Forty Viziers'' appear in the ''Seven Sages'' tradition at all, this is especially noteworthy.		It is worth noting that two different stories found in the [[Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr\|Forty Viziers]] appear in the expanded ''Versio Italico'' traditions - the ''L'Amabile'' and ''Erasto'' pattern, and the ''Storia di Stefano'' verse. Given the fact that very few of the embedded stories in the ''Forty Viziers'' appear in the ''Seven Sages'' tradition at all, this is especially noteworthy.