Latin Version A

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There are a handful of different Latin versions of the Seven Sages narrative that follow the pattern of stories are found in Version A. Some, like the fifteenth-century Trinity College Dublin text, replicate the pattern as established in the French Version A. Greene notes the parallels between this manuscript witness and the (much later) Gaelic text, and (given that the Gaelic does not appear to be a translation from the Middle English Version A texts) suggests that this may be a source for the Gaelic. See Green (1944).

Others versions, like the version titled either Allegatio Septem Sapientum, or Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus, follow the overall structure, but demonstate some specific alterations to the Version A narrative pattern. Steinmetz's 1997 edition of the Allegatio variation, with the Latin text and the 15th-century German translation in parallel, offers a useful introduction to the way this text follows and - occasionally - diverges from similar and contemporary versions of the Seven Sages.

General Information

Parent Versions

A (Seven Sages)

Child Versions

Latin Version A: Allegatio / Libellus

Branch of the tradition

Seven Sages of Rome

Language & Composition

Language of version

Latin

Translated into (languages)

German (High and Low German), Bairisch, Bairisch-Österreichisch

Date of Composition

1301 - 1400

Source for date of composition

Steinmetz (1997), Gerdes (1989)

Literature & Editions

Modern research literature

Gerdes (1989), Steinmetz (1997), Greene (1944)

Modern Editions

Steinmetz, Der 'Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus' (1997)

Recorded Branch of This Secondary Version

• A (Seven Sages)
  • Dutch Version A
    • Dutch Verse Version: Van den seven vroeden van binnen Rome
  • French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages
    • Group U
    • Group V
    • Group W
    • Group X
    • Group Y
    • Group Z
  • Gaelic Version A
  • German Version A: Allegatio/Libellus
  • Italian Version A
    • Italian Prose (V)
    • Libro dei Sette Savj (A)
    • Storia favolosa di Stefano (S)
  • Latin Version A
    • Latin Version A: Allegatio / Libellus
  • Middle English Version A
    • Midland Version
    • Y Group
      • Northern English
      • Southern English
  • Old Swedish Version A: Sju vise mästare
    • Old Swedish Redaction A
    • Old Swedish Redaction B
  • Older Scots Version A: Buke of the Sevyne Sagis
  • Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein
    • Early Modern and Modern Welsh Version A
    • Middle Welsh Version A

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Adaptations

Adapted from (version)

A (Seven Sages)

Adapted into (version)

German Version A, Latin Version A: Allegatio / Libellus

Source for composition and adaptation information

Steinmetz (1997), Gerdes (1989), Gerdes (1992)

Pattern of Embedded Stories in This Version

Has Short Title	Has Sequence Number	Has Narrator	Has Name Variation
Arbor – The Tree	1	Empress
Canis – The Faithful Dog	2	First Master
Aper – The Boar and the Fruit	3	Empress
Medicus – The Doctor	4	Second Master
Gaza – The Treasure	5	Empress
Puteus – The Well	6	Third Master
Senescalcus – The Seneschal	7	Empress
Tentamina – The Test	8	Fourth Master
Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels	9	Empress
Avis – The Bird	10	Fifth Master
Sapientes – The Wise Men	11	Empress
Vidua – The Widow	12	Sixth Master
Roma – Rome Besieged	13	Empress
Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife	14	Seventh Master

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Connected Manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Location	Has Date Range Of Production
Chantilly Musée Condé MS 683	Latin	Bibliothèque et archives du Château de Chantilly (Musée Condé)	1301 - 1400
Dublin Trinity College Library Ms 667	Latin	Dublin, Trinity College Library	1450 - 1500