Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)

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The Latin iteration of the Italian Version I pattern, usually referred to in scholarship as 'L', presumably derived from a lost version of Latin Version I, with a French Version A text as a distant, orginal source.

Versio Italica (L) is one of the three 'antique' branches of the Version I pattern, along with

and the and is one of the oldest.

Identification and general Information
Reference Number
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages
Version Number
Title
Author

Tradition and Lineage
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Adapted into (version)
Source for composition and adaptation information

Recorded secondary versions
I (Versio Italico) Erasto Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C) L'Amabile di Continentia Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M) Storia di Stefano (R) Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)

Connected manuscripts

Manuscript Language Location Date of Production London British Library Additional MS 15685 Latin London, British Library 1375 - 1425 Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. Lat. 11726 Latin Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek 1447 Vienna Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 3332 Latin Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek 1401 - 1500 Wrocław, Biblioteka Ossolineum, No. 2081 Latin Wrocław, Biblioteka Ossolineum 1471

Language and Composition
Original language of version
Language of text	Latin
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Modern Scholarship and Editions
Modern research literature	Fischer (1902), Campbell (1907), Murko (1890), Mussafia (1867), D'Agostino (2022), D'Ancona (1864), Bianchi (2014-2015)
Modern Editions	Fischer, Beiträge zur Litteratur der Sieben weisen Meister (1902)

Notes and Commentary
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Pattern of embedded stories in this version

Has Short Title Has Sequence Number Has Narrator Has Name Variation Canis 1 First Master   Arbor 2 Empress   Medicus 3 Second Master   Aper 4 Empress   Tentamina 5 Third Master   Sapientes 6 Empress   Avis 7 Fourth Master   Gaza 8 Empress   Inclusa 9 Fifth Master   Roma 10 Empress   Vidua 11 Sixth Master   Virgilius 12 Empress   Puteus 13 Seventh Master   Copy Embedded Stories Copy Embedded Stories × Select Target Page: Close Process

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