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Many versions of the Historia (in particular, the prose German versions of the text that Gerdes terms Prosafassung/Redaction B) are included within the text of the Gesta Romanorum.
Many versions of the Historia (in particular, the prose German versions of the text that Gerdes terms Prosafassung/Redaction B) are included within the text of the Gesta Romanorum. Gaston Paris suggested that this might account for the emperor's name in Version H: the emperor is called 'Poncianus' rather than 'Diocletianus', perhaps because the Gesta Romanorum already includes the story of an emperor Diocletian.

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Identification and general Information
Reference Number
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages H
Version Number
Title Historia Septem Sapientum Romae
Author
Tradition and Lineage
Branch of the tradition West
Adapted from (version) A (Seven Sages)
Adapted into (version)
Source for composition and adaptation information
Recorded secondary versions
Connected manuscripts
Language and Composition
Original language of version Latin
Language of text
Regional or specific language of version
Translated into (languages) ArmenianDanishDutchEnglishFrenchGerman (High and Low German)HungarianIcelandicPolishRussianSwedish
Place of composition
Date of composition
Islamic date of composition
Hebrew date of composition
Source for date of composition
Modern Scholarship and Editions
Modern research literature Gerdes (1992)Gerdes (2004)Roth (2003)Roth (2008)
Modern Editions
Notes and Commentary
Note
Notes on motifs
Notes on the frame
Pattern of embedded stories in this version

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Many versions of the Historia (in particular, the prose German versions of the text that Gerdes terms Prosafassung/Redaction B) are included within the text of the Gesta Romanorum. Gaston Paris suggested that this might account for the emperor's name in Version H: the emperor is called 'Poncianus' rather than 'Diocletianus', perhaps because the Gesta Romanorum already includes the story of an emperor Diocletian.