Redaction F

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Redaction F is one of the eight prose redactions of the German Version H. According to Steinmetz (2001), F was likely composed in the second quarter or in the middle of the fifteenth century in the southeast German language area (Steinmetz 2001: IX). The Early New High German redaction only survived in one manuscript which contains sections that are similar to Redaction G – the so-called ‘vulgate’. In the introduction to his 2001 edition of the Historia von den sieben weisen Meistern und dem Kaiser Diocletianus, Steinmetz proposes that one of them could have served as a template for the other but the order is unclear (p. XIII–XIV). He also suggests that the redactor of F cut the text of the vulgate at various points in their adaptation (specifically the character’s speeches in the frame narrative between the inset tales) and revised it stylistically (see Steinmetz 2001: XIV).

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General Information
Language within Version	German (High and Low German)
Narrative / Scholarly Group
Parent Versions	Prosafassung / Prose Version
Child Versions
Author
Title
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages
Version Number
Branch of the tradition	Seven Sages of Rome

Language & Composition
Original language of version
Translated into (languages)	German
Place of composition
Date of composition	1425 - 1460
Source for date of composition	Steinmetz (2001)

Literature & Editions
Modern research literature	Steinmetz (2001)
Modern Editions	Steinmetz, Die Historia von den sieben weisen Meistern und dem Kaiser Diocletianus (2001)

Recorded branch of this secondary version

H (Historia Septem Sapientum) 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) French Version H German Version H Aventewr von Diocleciano German Prints (H) Hystorij von Diocleciano Prosafassung / Prose Version Redaction A Redaction B Redaction C Redaction D Redaction E Redaction F Redaction G Versfassung / Verse Version Anonymous Verse Version Bühnenfassung / Stage adaptation: Sebastian Wild, Tragedj Hans von Bühel, Dyocletianus Leben Hungarian Version H 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 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 Polish 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)

Connected prints
No connected prints

Adaptations
Adapted from (version)
Adapted into (version)
Source for composition and adaptation information	Steinmetz (2001)

Languages in Use
Language of text	German (High and Low German)
Regional or specific language of version

Notes
Note
Notes on motifs
Notes on the frame

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Connected manuscripts
Manuscript Language Location Date of Production Gießen Universitätsbibliothek Hs. 104 German (High and Low German) Gießen, Universitätsbibliothek 1420/1473