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|Has Description=The Old French Version K is one of the oldest redactions of the ''Roman des Sept Sages de Rome''. It takes its siglum from the initial of the earliest editor (H. A. Keller, in 1836). Like versions [[D (Sept Sages de Rome)]] and [[C (Sept Sages de Rome)]], Version K is presumed to have originated from a (now lost) verse version, which Gaston Paris called Version V.  Version K is the only complete surviving metrical redaction of the early, Old French ''Sept Sages'' narrative, and it survives in only one manuscript. It contains the same stories as Version D and Version [[A (Seven Sages)|A]], but in a slightly different order. 
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In this version, the king of Rome is named Vespanianus, and his first wife is the daughter of the duke of Carthage. Neither the prince nor the king's second wife are named. The dating of this text is partially reliant on the way parts of the narrative may be compared to other twelfth-century texts, including Geoffrey of Monmouth's ''Historia Regum Britanniae.'' According to Krappe (1924, 1932; see Foehr-Janssens, 1994, and Speer 1989), Version K's rendition of Sapientes, including the plot points of Merlin interpreting dreams, may be linked to (or have derived from) the story of Merlin and Vortigern in the ''Historia.''
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The Old French Version K is one of the oldest redactions of the Roman des Sept Sages de Rome. It takes its siglum from the initial of the earliest editor (H. A. Keller, in 1836). Like versions D (Sept Sages de Rome) and C (Sept Sages de Rome), Version K is presumed to have originated from a (now lost) verse version, which Gaston Paris called Version V. Version K is the only complete surviving metrical redaction of the early, Old French Sept Sages narrative, and it survives in only one manuscript. It contains the same stories as Version D and Version A, but in a slightly different order.

In this version, the king of Rome is named Vespanianus, and his first wife is the daughter of the duke of Carthage. Neither the prince nor the king's second wife are named. The dating of this text is partially reliant on the way parts of the narrative may be compared to other twelfth-century texts, including Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae. According to Krappe (1924, 1932; see Foehr-Janssens, 1994, and Speer 1989), Version K's rendition of Sapientes, including the plot points of Merlin interpreting dreams, may be linked to (or have derived from) the story of Merlin and Vortigern in the Historia.

Identification & General Information

Title
Roman des Sept Sages

Tradition & Lineage

Branch of the tradition
Seven Sages of Rome
Adapted from (version)
V (Lost metrical Old French Sept Sages)
Source for composition and adaptation information
Campbell (1907), Foehr-Janssens (1994)

Recorded Secondary Versions

Connected Manuscripts

 Has LanguageHas LocationHas Date Range Of Production

Language & Composition

Language of version
Old French


Place of composition
France
Date of Composition
1155 - 1190


Modern Scholarship & Editions

Modern research literature
Speer (1983), Foehr-Janssens (1994), Speer (1987), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), Campbell (1907), Speer (1989)
Modern Editions
Misrahi, Le Roman des Sept Sages (1933), Speer, Le Roman des Sept Sages de Rome (1989), Keller, Li Romans des Sept Sages (1836)


Pattern of Embedded Stories in This Version









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