Middle English Version A - Revision history

Bonsall at 10:30, 24 April 2026

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	\|Has Parent Version=A (Seven Sages)		\|Has Parent Version=A (Seven Sages)
	\|Has Branch Of Tradition=Seven Sages of Rome		\|Has Branch Of Tradition=Seven Sages of Rome
	\|Has Language Of Version=Middle English		\|Has Language Of Version=English
			\|Has Regional Language=Middle English
	\|Has Place Of Text Composition=England		\|Has Place Of Text Composition=England
	\|Has Start Date Of Composition=1275		\|Has Start Date Of Composition=1275

Bonsall at 16:28, 7 April 2026

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Noeth at 12:08, 23 February 2026

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	\|Has Language Within Version=Middle English		\|Has Language Within Version=Middle English
	\|Has Parent Version=A (Seven Sages)		\|Has Parent Version=A (Seven Sages)
	~~\|Has Siglum=A (Seven Sages)~~
	\|Has Branch Of Tradition=Seven Sages of Rome		\|Has Branch Of Tradition=Seven Sages of Rome
	\|Has Language Of Version=Middle English		\|Has Language Of Version=Middle English

Noeth at 13:36, 18 February 2026

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	\|Has Siglum=A (Seven Sages)		\|Has Siglum=A (Seven Sages)
	\|Has Branch Of Tradition=Seven Sages of Rome		\|Has Branch Of Tradition=Seven Sages of Rome
	~~\|Is Adapted From=French Version A~~
	~~\|Is Adapted Into=Group Y; Midland Version~~
	~~\|Has Source For Composition And Adaption Information=Campbell (1907)~~
	\|Has Language Of Version=Middle English		\|Has Language Of Version=Middle English
	\|Has Place Of Text Composition=England		\|Has Place Of Text Composition=England
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	\|Has End Date Of Composition=1320		\|Has End Date Of Composition=1320
	\|Has Source For Date Of Text Composition=Campbell (1907)		\|Has Source For Date Of Text Composition=Campbell (1907)
	~~\|Has Text Language=Middle English~~
	\|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)
	\|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 Into=Group Y; Midland Version
			\|Has Source For Composition And Adaption Information=Campbell (1907)
	\|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]]).
	}}		}}

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	\|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)
	\|Has ~~Original~~ Language Of Version=Middle English		\|Has Language Of Version=Middle English
	\|Has Place Of Text Composition=England		\|Has Place Of Text Composition=England
	\|Has Start Date Of Composition=1275		\|Has Start Date Of Composition=1275

Bonsall at 15:56, 9 December 2025

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	\|Has Short Title=Medicus		\|Has Short Title=Medicus
	\|Has Sequence Number=4		\|Has Sequence Number=4
	\|Has Narrator=Ancilles		\|Has Narrator=Anxilles
			\|Has Name Variation=Ancilles
	}}		}}
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	\|Has Siglum=A (Seven Sages)		\|Has Siglum=A (Seven Sages)
	\|Has Branch Of Tradition=~~West~~		\|Has Branch Of Tradition=Seven Sages of Rome
	\|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

Noeth at 09:06, 20 October 2025

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	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 the later [[English Prints (H)\|English Prints]], which are part of the [[H (Historia Septem Sapientum)]] tradition.
	\|Has Language Within Version=Middle English		\|Has Language Within Version=Middle English
	\|Has Parent Version=A (Seven Sages)~~; Gaelic Version A~~		\|Has Parent Version=A (Seven Sages)
	\|Has Siglum=A (Seven Sages)		\|Has Siglum=A (Seven Sages)
	\|Has Branch Of Tradition=West		\|Has Branch Of Tradition=West

Noeth at 09:05, 20 October 2025

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	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 the later [[English Prints (H)\|English Prints]], which are part of the [[H (Historia Septem Sapientum)]] tradition.
	\|Has Language Within Version=Middle English		\|Has Language Within Version=Middle English
	\|Has Parent Version=A (Seven Sages)		\|Has Parent Version=A (Seven Sages); Gaelic Version A
	\|Has Siglum=A (Seven Sages)		\|Has Siglum=A (Seven Sages)
	\|Has Branch Of Tradition=West		\|Has Branch Of Tradition=West

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	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 the later [[English Prints (H)\|English Prints]], which are part of the [[H (Historia Septem Sapientum)]] tradition.
	\|Has Language Within Version=Middle English		\|Has Language Within Version=Middle English
			\|Has Parent Version=A (Seven Sages)
	\|Has Siglum=A (Seven Sages)		\|Has Siglum=A (Seven Sages)
	\|Has Branch Of Tradition=West		\|Has Branch Of Tradition=West

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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).
	\|Has Language Within Version=Middle English		\|Has Language Within Version=Middle English
	\|Has Parent Version=A (Seven Sages)		\|Has Parent Version=A (Seven Sages)
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	\|Has Start Date Of Composition=1275		\|Has Start Date Of Composition=1275
	\|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]]).
	}}		}}