D (Sept Sages de Rome)

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Title	Sept Sages de Rome
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages
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Branch of the tradition	West
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Language of text	Old French
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Modern research literature	Paris (1876), Campbell (1907), Foehr-Janssens (1994), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984)
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Note

In this version, the emperor is named Marcomeris, son of Priam, and his first wife is the daughter of the duke of Carthage. At the end of the narrative, the empress attempts twice to avert her death - once by insisting on a single combat duel between her nephew and the and the prince, and then by demanding a 'toise' (something which, according to Campbell, may be 'encircled by the arms') to be burned with her. Once granted, she claims the emperor himself as her 'toise'. The prince averts both of these ploys.

Recorded secondary versions

• D (Sept Sages de Rome)

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Pattern of embedded stories in this version

Short Story	Sequence Number	Narrator	Name Variations
Arbor	1	Empress
Canis	2	Bencillas
Senescalcus	3	Empress
Medicus	4	Ancille
Aper	5	Empress
Puteus	6	Mauquidas
Sapientes	7	Empress
Tentamina	8	Lentulus
Roma	9	Empress
Avis	10	Cathon
Gaza	11	Empress
Vidua	12	Jesse
Virgilius	13	Empress
Inclusa	14	Meros
Vaticinium	15	Prince

Connected manuscripts

Manuscript	Language	Location	Date of Production
Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 5036	Middle French	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France