Czech Version H: Kronika sedmi mudrců

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Whilst the Seven Sages were published within the Gesta Romanarum in Bohemian in the 1400s, the oldest copy of the Seven Sages alone is a 1502 print, translated from either an early German version of the Historia, as suggested by Nebesky (1847), or a reprint of a Latin version, as Murko (1890) argues, by Mikuláš Bakalář, a Slovak printer who trained in Krakow.  

The text itself was enjoyed widely, evidenced by the number and regularity of prints. Uniquely, many of these were not reprints, but in fact unique translations of the Seven Sages from different cultures. The Czech version is also notable for five anomalous tales: Sylwius, Heres Regni, Tonstrix, Filius Profusus, and Papirius.

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Language within Version	Czech
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Parent Versions	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
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Branch of the tradition	West

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Original language of version	Czech
Translated into (languages)	Russian
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Literature & Editions
Modern research literature	Jakubec (1929), Kolár (1985), Murko (1890), Máchal (1898), Schlusemann (2023), Šimák (1916), Novák (1895), Nebeský (1847), Jireček (1862)
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H (Historia Septem Sapientum) Czech Version H: Kronika sedmi mudrců Danish Version H Dutch Version H English Version H English Prints (H) French Version H German Version H German Prints (H) Prosafassung / Prose Version Redaction A Redaction B Redaction C Redaction D Redaction E Redaction F Redaction G Versfassung / Verse Version Anonymous Verse Version Bühnenfassung / Stage adaptation: Sebastian Wild, Tragedj Hans von Bühel, Dyocletianus Leben Hungarian Version H Icelandic Version H Icelandic Prose: Sjö meistara saga Group A: Sjö meistara saga Group B: Alexander og Lúðvík Icelandic Verse: Sjö meistara saga Group C: Rímur Group D: Vinaspegill Latin Version H Excerpts in Gesta Romanorum Continental Group w Continental Group x Insular Group u Group I Group II Group III Group IV Lost Latin Version H Manuscripts Polish Version H Scots Version H: Rolland, Seuin Seages Spanish Version H: Los Siete Sabios de Roma Spanish Prints (H) Swedish Version H: Sju vise mästare Old Swedish Redaction C Swedish Prints (H)

Connected prints

Print Language Location Date of Print Kratochwjlná Kronyka o sedmy Mudrcých. Jihlava: Fabián Augustin Beinhauer, [ca. 1789–1831] Czech Národní knihovna České republiky 1789 Kronika sedm mudrczuov Rozprav ky velmi uťessenee v sobie zavijeraji jií v nichžto lest a chytrost ženská: zjevňe se vypravuje Počinase tak to. [Plzeň: Mikuláš Bakalář, ca. 1501–1508] Czech 1501 JL Kronika sedmi mudrců. s.l.: s.n., [before 1567] Czech 1567 JL Kronyka Kratochwjlná O Znamenitých Sedmi Mudrcych. Kutná Hora: Františka Šleretová, [ca. 1772] Czech Národní knihovna České republiky 1772 Kronyka o sedmi Mudrcých / kteráž w sobě Rozpráwky welmi kratochwilné zawijrá / w nichžto se Lest a Chytrost ženská zgewně wyprawuge. Praha: Jiří Jakubův Dačický, 1590 Czech 1590 [Kronika sedmi mudrců]. [Litomyšl : Matouš Václav Březina, 1637-1651]. Czech Národní knihovna České republiky 1637

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