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The German text titled Aventewr von Diocleciano was likely composed in the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century, and is found in eight surviving manuscripts. Like most of the other German Seven Sages/Sieben Weise Meister texts, it is contained within the broader frame of the Gesta Romanorum tale collection (Gesta Romanorum redaction B, by Gerdes' designation). Like the Hystorij von Diocleciano, the Aventewr derives in part from the Historia Septem Sapientum tradition, but it diverges from the Historia's narrative pattern of embedded stories halfway through the text. The Aventewr contains thirteen (rather than the expected fifteen) embedded stories, several of which are anomalous: Lepus, Nasus praemorsus, Praeceptum galli, Thesaurus in puteo, and Voluptaria. These stories appear nowhere else in the Seven Sages tradition.

Identification and general Information
Reference Number
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages
Version Number
Title	Aventewr von Diocleciano
Author

Tradition and Lineage
Branch of the tradition	West
Adapted from (version)	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
Adapted into (version)
Source for composition and adaptation information	Gerdes (1992)

Recorded secondary versions
Aventewr von Diocleciano

Connected manuscripts

Language and Composition
Original language of version	German (High and Low German)
Language of text	German (High and Low German)
Regional or specific language of version
Translated into (languages)
Place of composition
Date of composition	1380 - 1420
Islamic date of composition
Hebrew date of composition
Source for date of composition	Gerdes (1992)

Modern Scholarship and Editions
Modern research literature	Gerdes (1992)
Modern Editions	Gräße, Das älteste Mährchen- und Legendenbuch des christlichen Mittelalters, oder die Gesta Romanorum

Notes and Commentary
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Notes on motifs
Notes on the frame

Pattern of embedded stories in this version

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+|Has Description=The German text titled ''Aventewr von Diocleciano'' was likely composed in the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century, and is found in eight surviving manuscripts. Like most of the other German ''Seven Sages/Sieben Weise Meister'' texts, it is contained within the broader frame of the ''Gesta Romanorum'' tale collection (''Gesta Romanorum'' redaction B, by Gerdes' designation). Like the [[Hystorij von Diocleciano]], the ''Aventewr'' derives in part from the [[H (Historia Septem Sapientum)|Historia Septem Sapientum]] tradition, but it diverges from the ''Historia'''s narrative pattern of embedded stories halfway through the text. The ''Aventewr'' contains thirteen (rather than the expected fifteen) embedded stories, several of which are anomalous: [[Lepus]], [[Nasus praemorsus]], [[Praeceptum galli]], [[Thesaurus in puteo]], and [[Voluptaria]]. These stories appear nowhere else in the ''Seven Sages'' tradition.
 |Has Title=Aventewr von Diocleciano
 |Has Branch Of Tradition=West