Gaelic Version A

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The Gaelic version of the Seven Sages, surviving in only one manuscript in the National Library of Scotland, is incomplete. Only the final four stories remain - but according to Greene (1944), they accord closely with the details and pattern expected of the Version A tradition. This prose text differs sufficiently in style and detail from the ... [tbc]

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Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages
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A (Seven Sages) French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages Group U Group V Group W Group X Group Y Group Z Gaelic Version A German Version A: Allegatio/Libellus Latin Version A Latin Version A: Allegatio / Libellus Middle English Version A Midland Version Y Group Northern English Southern English Old Swedish Version A: Sju vise mästare Old Swedish Redaction A Old Swedish Redaction B Older Scots Version A: Buke of the Sevyne Sagis Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein Early Modern and Modern Welsh Version A Middle Welsh Version A

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Manuscript Language Location Date of Production Edinburgh National Library of Scotland Advocates MS 72.1.39 Gaelic Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland 1690 - 1693