Dutch Version H: Prose Manuscript

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There is only one known manuscript of the vij vroeden van binnen Rome, Berlin SBBPK, Ms. germ. fol. 1001, which is dated between 1478 and 1494. The Dutch translation in mgf 1001 loosely follows the Latin sub-group I.1.c of the Latin Version H (see Schlusemann 2025: 14). In contrast to the Dutch Verse Version A (and the other only manuscript witness of a Dutch adaptation) as well as to the first Dutch print, the Dutch Prose H highlights the power and ideality of the Emperor and his first wife as the reigning sovereigns at the beginning (see Schlusemann 2023a: 126). This creates a certain ‘full-circle-moment’ at the end of the narrative, as the ideality of empire and emperor is regained through the succession of the Prince as - an even better - emperor (see Schlusemann 2023a: 127).

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General Information

Language within Version

Dutch

Parent Versions

Dutch Version H

Child Versions

Redaction C

Branch of the tradition

Seven Sages of Rome

Language & Composition

Date of Composition

1478 - 1494

Source for date of composition

Schlusemann (2025), Schlusemann (2023a)

Literature & Editions

Modern research literature

Schlusemann (2025), Schlusemann (2023a)

Recorded Branch of This Secondary Version

• H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
  • Armenian Version H
  • Czech Version H: Kronika sedmi mudrců
  • Danish Version H
  • Dutch Version H
    • Dutch Prints (H)
    • Dutch Prose Version H
  • English Version H
    • English Prints (H)
      • Conyers Version
      • Pynson Version
  • French Version H
  • German Version H
    • Aventewr von Diocleciano
    • German Sieben Weise Meister
      • 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
    • Hans von Bühel, Dyocletianus Leben
    • Hystorij von Diocleciano
    • Sebastian Wild, Ein schoͤne Tragedj (Stage adaptation)
  • Hungarian Version H: Pontianus tsaszar historiaia
    • Hungarian Prints
  • 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
    • Latin Historia Septem Sapientum
      • 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
    • Ludus septem sapientum. De Astrei regii
  • Lithuanian Version H
  • Polish Version H
  • Russian Version H
  • Scots Version H: Rolland, Seuin Seages
    • Scots Prints (H)
  • Spanish Version H: Los Siete Sabios de Roma
    • Spanish Prints (H)
  • Swedish Version H: Sju vise mästare
    • Old Swedish Redaction C
    • Swedish Prints (H)
  • Yiddish Version H
    • Yiddish Version H Manuscripts
    • Yiddish Version H Prints

Adaptations

Source for composition and adaptation information

Schlusemann (2023a), Schlusemann (2025)

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