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The Latin translation of Mishle Sendebar exists in one manuscript, composed in 1407 near Bergamo, Italy. According to Hilka, it begins in media res part of the way through the standard opening of the Mishle Sendebar frame narrative, after the initial introduction of the prince, of Sendebar (here Syndebar, or Sindebar), and of the plans for his education. It is also noteworthy that the conclusion of the Latin text is somewhat distinct from that of the Hebrew Mishle Sendebar texts. Rather than concluding with the Group A stories Senex Caecus and Vulpes, or the stories Jusjurandum, Fur et Luna, or Ingenia found in the Group B texts, the Latin translator instead added Inclusa - a narrative found ubiquitously in the Western branch of the tradition.

General Information

Language within Version

Latin

Parent Versions

Mishle Sendebar

Branch of the tradition

Book of Sindbad

Language & Composition

Place of composition

Bergamo, Italy

Date of Composition

1407

Source for date of composition

Hilka (1912), Epstein (1967)

Literature & Editions

Modern research literature

Hilka (1912), Epstein (1958), Gerdes (1992)

Modern Editions

Hilka, Historia Septem Sapientum (Latin Mishle Sendebar) (1912)

Recorded Branch of This Secondary Version

Mishle Sendebar
- Hebrew Mishle Sendebar
  - Hebrew Group A
    - Hebrew Prints
  - Hebrew Group B
- Latin Mishle Sendebar

Adaptations

Adapted from (version)

Hebrew Mishle Sendebar

Source for composition and adaptation information

Hilka (1912)

Pattern of Embedded Stories in This Version

Has Short Title	Has Sequence Number	Has Narrator
Leo	1	First Master
Avis – The Bird	2	First Master
Lavator	3	Empress
Turtures	4	Second Master
Canicula – The Weeping Dog	5	Second Master
Striga and Fons – The Witch and the Fountain	6	Empress
Canis – The Faithful Dog	7	Third Master
Pallium	8	Third Master
Simia	9	Empress
Panes	10	Fourth Master
Zuchara	11	Fourth Master
Aper – The Boar and the Fruit	12	Empress
Balneator	13	Fifth Master
Gladius – The Drawn Sword	14	Fifth Master
Absalom Rebellus	15	Empress
Absalom Mortuus	16	Sixth Master
Nomina	17	Sixth Master
Iuvenis Femina	18	Seventh Master
Gibbosi	19	Seventh Master

Connected Manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Location	Has Date Range Of Production

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-|Has Place Of Text Composition=Ancona, Italy
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 |Has Date Of Text Composition=1407
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+|Has Narrator=Fifth Master
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+|Has Narrator=Sixth Master
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