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The Old Spanish version of the Book of Sindibad, titled El libro de los engaños e asayamientos de las mugeres (The book of the deceptions and trials of women), represents a unique link between the 'Eastern' version of the narrative and the literary traditions in European languages. The Libro was composed in 1253, commissioned by don Fadrique, son of King Fernando III and the brother of King Alfonso X 'el sabio' (the wise). The translation of the Libro into Castilian from an Arabic source was part of a larger project of literary translation in thirteenth-century Spain, and the court of Alfonso X in particular; just a year or two before the composition of the Libro, for example, the translation of Kalilah wa- Dimna into Old Spanish was completed (see Keller 1975, Lacarra).

The manuscript that contains the Libro, found in the Real Academia Española in Madrid, is usually referred to by

Identification and general Information
Reference Number
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages	Libro de los Engaños
Version Number
Title
Author

Tradition and Lineage
Branch of the tradition	East
Adapted from (version)
Adapted into (version)
Source for composition and adaptation information

Recorded secondary versions
Libro de los Engaños Old Spanish Libro de los Engaños

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Language and Composition
Original language of version	Old Spanish
Language of text	Old Spanish
Regional or specific language of version
Translated into (languages)
Place of composition	Sevilla, Spain
Date of composition	1253
Islamic date of composition
Hebrew date of composition
Source for date of composition

Modern Scholarship and Editions
Modern research literature	Lacarra (2009)
Modern Editions

Notes and Commentary
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Notes on the frame

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+The manuscript that contains the ''Libro'', found in the Real Academia Española in Madrid, is usually referred to by
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