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Critical Literature

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The inset story appears in the following manuscripts

Manuscript	Language	Siglum (Version)	Language Group within Version
Balliol College Library MS 354, 'Richard Hill's Commonplace Book'	Middle English	A (Seven Sages)	Middle English Version A
Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 3516	Old French (Picardie)	Overlap of Versions A and L	French A/L Overlap
Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 573		M ('Male Marastre')	French
Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 95	Old French (Nord)	Overlap of Versions A and L	French A/L Overlap
Bodleian Library Rawlinson poet. 175	Middle English	A (Seven Sages)	Middle English Version A
British Library Arundel 140	Middle English	A (Seven Sages)	Middle English Version A
British Library Cotton Galba E IX	Middle English	A (Seven Sages)	Middle English Version A
British Library Egerton 1995	Middle English	A (Seven Sages)	Middle English Version A
Brno Moravská knihovna RKP-0048.042 (Rkp 84)	Bairisch	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)	German Version H
Brussel Koninklijke Bibliotheek 9245		Overlap of Versions A and L	French A/L Overlap
Cambridge University Library MS Dd.1.17	Middle English	A (Seven Sages)	Middle English Version A
Cambridge University Library MS Ff. 2, 38	Middle English	A (Seven Sages)	Middle English Version A
Cambridge University Library MS Gg.6.28		Overlap of Versions A and L	French A/L Overlap
Colmar Bibliothèque Municipale Ms. 55	Elsässisch	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)	German Version H
Erlangen Universitätsbibliothek Ms. B 11	Bairisch Oberdeutsch-Bairisch	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)	German Version H
National Library of Scotland Advocates MS 19.2.1, Auchinleck Manuscript	Middle English	A (Seven Sages)	Middle English Version A
National Library of Scotland MS. 16500, Asloan Manuscript	Middle Scots	A (Seven Sages)	Older Scots Version A
University of Pennsylvania Library Ms. Codex 931		L (Sept Sages de Rome)	French Version L
Yi 31740		GW 12879

The inset story appears in the following versions and secondary versions

Version	Original Language	Branch of Tradition	Adapted from
A (Seven Sages)	Old French	West
Aventewr von Diocleciano		West
D (Sept Sages de Rome)		West
H (Historia Septem Sapientum)	Latin	West	A (Seven Sages)
I (Versio Italica)		West	A (Seven Sages)
L (Sept Sages de Rome)	Old French	West	A (Seven Sages)
M ('Male Marastre')	Old French	West	A (Seven Sages)
Mischle Sendebar	Hebrew	East
S (Scala Celi)	Latin	West	(Lost) Liber de Septem Sapientibus