L (Sept Sages de Rome)

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Identification & General Information

Title

Sept Sages de Rome

Tradition & Lineage

Branch of the tradition

West

Adapted from (version)

A (Seven Sages)

Adapted into (version)

Overlap of Versions A and L

Source for composition and adaptation information

Runte (1974)

Recorded Secondary Versions

• L (Sept Sages de Rome)
  • Catalan Version L
  • French Version L
  • Occitan Version L

Connected Manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Location	Has Date Range Of Production
Avignon Archives départementales de Vaucluse Archives communales de Châteauneuf-du-Pape GG 2	Occitan	Avignon, Archives départementales de Vaucluse	1301 - 1325
Barcelona Biblioteca de Catalunya Ms. 109	Catalan	Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya	1275 - 1325
Bern Burgerbibliothek Cod. 354	Old French	Bern, Burgerbibliothek	1250 - 1325
Bern Burgerbibliothek Cod. 41	Old French	Bern, Burgerbibliothek	1251 - 1300
Carpentras Bibliothèque municipale L'Inguimbertine Ms 381	Catalan	Carpentras, Bibliothèque municipale L'Inguimbertine	1401 - 1425
Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 1444	Old French	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France	1250 - 1300
Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 189	Old French	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France	1470 - 1480
Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 19166	Old French	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France	1200 - 1300
Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 22933	Old French	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France	1250 - 1300
Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 24431	Old French	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France	1278 - 1300

Language & Composition

Date of Composition

1200/1250

Source for date of composition

Foerh-Janssens (1994)

Modern Scholarship & Editions

Modern research literature

Berne-Aïache (1966), Coco (2016), Foehr-Janssens (1994), Le Roux de Lincy (1838), Paris (1876), Runte (1971), Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), Speer (1981)

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	Baucillas
Aper – The Boar and the Fruit	3	Empress
Medicus – The Doctor	4	Anxilles
Gaza – The Treasure	5	Empress
Puteus – The Well	6	Lentulus	Lantulles
Senescalcus – The Seneschal	7	Empress
Tentamina – The Test	8	Malquidras	Malquidras li torz, Malquidarz
Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels	9	Empress
Avis – The Bird	10	Cato	Chatons de Rome
Sapientes – The Wise Men	11	Empress
Noverca – The Stepmother	12	Jesse

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Version L is unusually for a few reasons. First, it is worth noting that there are 13, rather than 15, stories: the final sage, usually called Merons in the French, is absent, as is the prince's story. Additionally, the two final stories - Noverca and Filia - are unique to this version. Their presence in texts that otherwise resemble Version A texts therefore serves as both evidence of the proximity of these two versions, and an argument for their cross-pollination.