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|Has Description=The Midland Version is part of the [[Middle English Version A]] tradition and only survived in one manuscript (D), [[Cambridge University Library MS Dd.1.17|MS Dd.1.17]], located at the University Library in Cambridge. According to [[Whitelock (2005)|Whitelock]], the Midland Version has either been adapted from an unknown Middle English parent version x or directly from the French prose version A (see Whitelock 2005: xli), although it “consistently diverges from the common Old French original” more than any of the other extant texts (Whitelock 2005: xx). Either way, it is distinct from the [[Y Group|Y-Group]], to which the other Middle English versions belong. Whitelock calls the Midland Version “the most original of the Middle English versions in terms of narrative strategy” (Whitelock 2005: xix) and the redactor of D seems to be rather inclined to provide the female characters with a happy ending (see Whitelock 2005: lii).
[Added by Elisabeth Böttcher]
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|Has Language Of Version=Middle English
|Has Start Date Of Composition=1350
|Has End Date Of Composition=1400
|Has Source For Date Of Text Composition=Whitelock (2005)
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|Has Modern Edition=Whitelock, The Seven Sages of Rome (Midland Version) (2005)
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The Midland Version is part of the Middle English Version A tradition and only survived in one manuscript (D), MS Dd.1.17, located at the University Library in Cambridge. According to Whitelock, the Midland Version has either been adapted from an unknown Middle English parent version x or directly from the French prose version A (see Whitelock 2005: xli), although it “consistently diverges from the common Old French original” more than any of the other extant texts (Whitelock 2005: xx). Either way, it is distinct from the Y-Group, to which the other Middle English versions belong. Whitelock calls the Midland Version “the most original of the Middle English versions in terms of narrative strategy” (Whitelock 2005: xix) and the redactor of D seems to be rather inclined to provide the female characters with a happy ending (see Whitelock 2005: lii).


[Added by Elisabeth Böttcher]

General Information

Language within Version
Middle English
Parent Versions
Middle English Version A



Branch of the tradition
Seven Sages of Rome

Language & Composition

Language of version
Middle English


Date of Composition
1350 - 1400
Source for date of composition
Whitelock (2005)

Literature & Editions

Modern research literature
Whitelock (2005)
Modern Editions
Whitelock, The Seven Sages of Rome (Midland Version) (2005)

Recorded Branch of This Secondary Version





Pattern of Embedded Stories in This Version

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