Italian Version A

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The Italian branch of the Version A pattern, sometimes referred to in scholarship as the versione francese-italica (by e.g. Cesari), exists in a few different redactions. All of these follow, or nearly follow, the story-order set by the Old French Version A, and are presumed to be indirect translations of French iterations of the narrative.

These redactions are :

• Libro dei Sette Savj (A), edited by d'Ancona (1864)
• Italian Prose (V), edited by Varnhagen (1881)
• Storia favolosa di Stefano (S), edited by Bozzoli (1999); first discussed in Cesari (1896).

All of these texts have complex inheritances, and none appear to be a straight translation of an individual text. For example, the Italian Prose (V) betrays the influence of L (Sept Sages de Rome), perhaps suggesting that an French A/L Overlap text was the source. The Storia favolosa di Stefano has historically been designated part of Version A, but also evidences influences of I (Versio Italico). Some scholarship (D'Agostino (2022) therefore groups it with other Version I texts instead of with the A branch.

Identification and general Information
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Tradition and Lineage
Branch of the tradition	West
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Recorded secondary versions

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

Connected manuscripts

Manuscript Language Location Date of Production Florence Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Gaddiano 166 Italian Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana 1274 - 1500 Florence Biblioteca nazionale centrale, Palatino 680 Italian Florence, Biblioteca nazionale centrale 1401 - 1500 London British Library Add. MS. 27429 Italian London, British Library 1301 - 1325 Padua Biblioteca Civica C.M. 304/6 Italian Padua, Biblioteca Civica 1460/06/18

Language and Composition
Original language of version
Language of text	Italian
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Modern Scholarship and Editions
Modern research literature	Mussafia (1867), D'Ancona (1864), D'Agostino (2022)
Modern Editions

Notes and Commentary
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Pattern of embedded stories in this version

Has Short Title Has Sequence Number Has Narrator Has Name Variation Arbor 1 Empress   Canis 2 Bancillas Bencillas Aper 3 Empress   Medicus 4 Anxilles Auxlex Gaza 5 Empress   Mercator 6 Lentulus Litalus Senescalcus 7 Empress   Tentamina 8 Malquidras Malchidras Virgilius 9 Empress   Avis 10 Caton Cato Sapientes 11 Empress   Vidua 12 Jesse Fifth Master Roma 13 Empress   Inclusa 14 Arcius   Copy Embedded Stories Copy Embedded Stories × Select Target Page: Close Process

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