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Jean Gobi the Younger's collection of exempla titled Scala Coeli was composed circa 1323–30, when Gobi was in residence at the monastery of Saint-Maximin (see the page for Version S for more general information). The transmission of the narrative includes both incunables and manuscripts in Latin (as well as redactions in other languages), which may be grouped into three distinct groups, according to Cañizares Ferriz (2011):

• Group I (most complete manuscripts, 1002–1068 exempla): most include the Seven Sages, and mostly include the sages' names.
• Group II (876–974 exempla): more than half contain The Seven Sages, rarely contain the sages' names.
• Group III (most abbreviated, 487–617 exempla): less than half contain the Seven Sages, and almost always omit the sages' names.

Cañizares Ferriz worked primarily with Marie-Anne Polo de Beaulieu's 1991 edition when analysing these groups; as such, the texts not included in Polo de Beaulieu's edition - nine manuscripts in total - are not described by Cañizares Ferriz, and whether or not they contain the Seven Sages text is unknown. Those manuscripts are:

• Gdansk, Bibl. Polskiej Akad. Nauk. Mar. F. 43
• Munich, Staatsbibl. 8365, 8947, and 8975 [extracts only]
• Munster, Bibl. Paulina 184
• Olomouc, Kapitulni Knihovna 447, n.3
• Sevilla, Bibl. Colombina 5-6-27
• Warsaw, Bibl. Narodowa 52
• Wroclaw, Bibl. Univ. I, Q 292, [extracts only]
• Wroclaw, Ossolineum 415
• Xanten, Dombibl. S. n.

For more on the presence/absence of the Seven Sages in the Spanish translation of the Scala Coeli, see Cañizares Ferriz, and Hilka (1913).

General Information

Parent Versions

Latin Version S

Child Versions

Latin Version S (Not in Scala Coeli), Latin Version S Group I, Latin Version S Group II, Latin Version S Group III

Author

Jean Gobi the Younger

Title

Liber de Septem Sapientibus (Scala Coeli)

Branch of the tradition

Seven Sages of Rome

Language & Composition

Language of version

Latin

Place of composition

Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, France

Date of Composition

1322 - 1330

Literature & Editions

Modern research literature

Polo de Beaulieu (1985), Polo de Beaulieu (1986), Polo de Beaulieu (1990), Polo de Beaulieu (1991), Polo de Beaulieu (1992), Polo de Beaulieu (1994), Polo de Beaulieu (1996), Polo de Beaulieu (1999), Polo de Beaulieu (2015), Cañizares Ferriz (2000), Cañizares Ferriz (2011), Aranda García (2021a), Hilka (1913)

Modern Editions

Polo de Beaulieu, La Scala Coeli de Jean Gobi (1991), Cañizares Ferriz, Traducción y reescritura (Siete sabios de Roma) (2011)

Recorded Branch of This Secondary Version

• S (Scala Coeli)
  • Latin Version S
    • Latin Version S Manuscripts
      • Latin Version S (Not in Scala Coeli)
      • Latin Version S Group I
      • Latin Version S Group II
      • Latin Version S Group III
  • Spanish Version S: Diego de Cañizares, Scala Çeli

Adaptations

Adapted from (version)

Latin Version S, S (Scala Coeli)

Connected Manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Location	Has Date Range Of Production
Avignon Bibliothèque municipale Ceccano, Ms 335	Latin	Avignon, Bibliothèque municipale Ceccano	1450 - 1500
Braunschweig Stadtbibliothek 10	Latin	Braunschweig, Stadtbibliothek	1452
Brugge Bibliotheek Ms. 494	Latin	Brugge, Bibliotheek Brugge	1401 - 1500
Burgo de Osma Biblioteca Capitular Ms. 57	Latin	Burgo de Osma, Archivo Capitular de Osma-Soria	1401 - 1500
Città del Vaticano Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Cod. Pal. Lat. 862	Latin	Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana	1401 - 1500
Dublin Trinity College Library Ms 128	Latin	Dublin, Trinity College Library	1401 - 1500
Göttingen Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Theol. 140	Latin	Göttingen, Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek	1401 - 1500
Kraków Biblioteka Jagiellońska 1410	Latin	Kraków, Biblioteka Jagiellońska	1401 - 1500
Liège Bibliothèque Université Ms 101	Latin	Liège, Université de Liège Bibliothèque	1459
Lüneburg Ratsbücherei Theol. 4° 8	Latin	Lüneburg, Ratsbücherei Lüneburg	1377
Madrid Biblioteca Nacional de España Ms. 1113	Latin	Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España	1301 - 1400