Old Swedish Version A: Difference between revisions

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Of the three surviving Old Swedish manuscripts of the Seven Sages narrative, usually titled Sju vise mästare (The Seven Wise Masters, first edited by G. E. Klemming, 1887-1889), two are part of the larger Version A tradition. (The third Old Swedish manuscript, Redaction C, is part of Version H.)

The two manuscripts - usually referred to in scholarship as Redaction A and Redaction B - both date to the first half of the 15th century. According to Massimiliano Bampi (2007 and 2014), both have as their source texts Latin Version A translations of the French Version A narrative, though Bampi suggests they derive from two distinct Latin manuscripts. The complete text is only extant in Redaction B; Redaction A is missing the beginning of the frame story.

[Added by Elisabeth Böttcher]

General Information

Language within Version

Old Swedish

Parent Versions

A (Seven Sages)

Child Versions

Old Swedish Redaction A, Old Swedish Redaction B

Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages

Old Swedish Version A

Branch of the tradition

West

Language & Composition

Date of Composition

1400 - 1450

Source for date of composition

Bampi (2007)

Literature & Editions

Modern research literature

Bampi (2007), Bampi (2014), Klemming (1887-1889)

Modern Editions

Klemming, Sju vise mästare (1887-1889)

Adaptations

Source for composition and adaptation information

Bampi (2007), Bampi (2014)

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	Bancillas
Aper – The Boar and the Fruit	3	Empress
Medicus – The Doctor	4	Anxilles
Gaza – The Treasure	5	Empress
Puteus – The Well	6	Lentulus
Senescalcus – The Seneschal	7	Empress
Tentamina – The Test	8	Malquidras
Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels	9	Empress
Avis – The Bird	10	Cato
Sapientes – The Wise Men	11	Empress
Vidua – The Widow	12	Jesse	Josse
Roma – Rome Besieged	13	Empress
Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife	14	Maxencius	Meron, Martin

Connected Manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Location	Has Date Range Of Production
Stockholm Kungliga biblioteket Cod. Holm. D 4	Old Swedish	Stockholm, Kungliga biblioteket	1400 - 1450

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-|Has Description=Since the publication of an edition of the ''Sju vise mästare'' by [[Klemming (1887-1889)|G. E. Klemming, 1887-1889]], the three known Old Swedish manuscripts have been classified into three redactions (A, B, and C). The Old Swedish Version A has - so far - only survived in two manuscripts which date back to the first half of the 15th century. They are known as Redaction A and Redaction B. According to Massimiliano Bampi ([[Bampi (2007)|2007]] and [[Bampi (2014)|2014]]), both have been translated, each from a different Latin translation of the French Version A. The complete text is only extant in Redaction B; Redaction A is missing the beginning of the frame story.
+|Has Description=Of the three surviving Old Swedish manuscripts of the ''Seven Sages'' narrative, usually titled ''Sju vise mästare'' (The Seven Wise Masters, first edited by [[Klemming (1887-1889)|G. E. Klemming, 1887-1889]]), two are part of the larger Version A tradition. (The third Old Swedish manuscript, Redaction C, is part of [[H (Historia Septem Sapientum)|Version H]].)
+The two manuscripts - usually referred to in scholarship as Redaction A and Redaction B - both date to the first half of the 15th century. According to Massimiliano Bampi ([[Bampi (2007)|2007]] and [[Bampi (2014)|2014]]), both have as their source texts [[Latin Version A]] translations of the [[French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages|French Version A]] narrative, though Bampi suggests they derive from two distinct Latin manuscripts. The complete text is only extant in Redaction B; Redaction A is missing the beginning of the frame story.