Latin Version A

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The version of the Seven Sages narrative titled the Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus, found in one fourteenth-century Latin manuscript and later translated into German, broadly follows the pattern established by the Version A tradition. The stories contained here match closely with other Version A texts, with the exception of the sixth story, Mercator, which has replaced Puteus. Additionally, usual order of Gaza and Senescalcus (usually 5 and 7, respectively) is here reversed.

Steinmetz's 1997 edition with the Latin text and the 15th century German translation in parallel offers a useful introduction to the way this text follows and - occasionally - diverges from similar and contemporary versions of the Seven Sages.

General Information

Parent Versions

A (Seven Sages)

Child Versions

Latin Version A: Allegatio / Libellus, Latin Version A: De Septem Sapientibus

Title

Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus

Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages

Latin Version A

Branch of the tradition

West

Language & Composition

Translated into (languages)

German (High and Low German), Bairisch, Bairisch-Österreichisch

Place of composition

Northern Italy

Date of Composition

1301 - 1400

Source for date of composition

Steinmetz (1997), Gerdes (1989)

Literature & Editions

Modern research literature

Gerdes (1989), Steinmetz (1997)

Modern Editions

Steinmetz, Der 'Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus' (1997)

Recorded Branch of This Secondary Version

• A (Seven Sages)
  • Dutch Version A
  • 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
    • Latin Version A: De Septem Sapientibus
  • 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

Adaptations

Adapted from (version)

A (Seven Sages)

Adapted into (version)

German Version A

Source for composition and adaptation information

Steinmetz (1997), Gerdes (1989), Gerdes (1992)

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	First Master
Aper – The Boar and the Fruit	3	Empress
Medicus – The Doctor	4	Second Master
Gaza – The Treasure	5	Empress
Puteus – The Well	6	Third Master
Senescalcus – The Seneschal	7	Empress
Tentamina – The Test	8	Fourth Master
Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels	9	Empress
Avis – The Bird	10	Fifth Master
Sapientes – The Wise Men	11	Empress
Vidua – The Widow	12	Sixth Master
Roma – Rome Besieged	13	Empress
Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife	14	Seventh Master

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Connected Manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Location	Has Date Range Of Production
Chantilly Musée Condé MS 683	Latin	Bibliothèque et archives du Château de Chantilly (Musée Condé)	1301 - 1400
Dublin Trinity College Library Ms 667	Latin	Dublin, Trinity College Library	1450 - 1500
München Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Clm 22378	Latin	München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek	1462