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Many versions of the Historia (in particular, the prose German versions of the text that Gerdes terms Prosafassung/Redaction B) are included within the text of the Gesta Romanorum.
Many versions of the Historia (in particular, the prose German versions of the text that Gerdes terms Prosafassung/Redaction B) are included within the text of the Gesta Romanorum. Gaston Paris suggested that this might account for the emperor's name in Version H: the emperor is called 'Poncianus' rather than 'Diocletianus', perhaps because the Gesta Romanorum already includes the story of an emperor Diocletian.

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Version
Reference Number
Author
Title Historia Septem Sapientum Romae
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages H
Version Number
Branch of the tradition West
Adapted from (version) A (Seven Sages)
Adapted into (version)
Source for composition and adaptation information
Original language of version Latin
Translated into (languages) ArmenianDanishDutchEnglishFrenchGerman (High and Low German)HungarianIcelandicPolishRussianSwedish
Place of composition
Date of composition
Source for date of composition
Language of text
Regional or specific language of manuscript
Modern research literature Gerdes (1992)Gerdes (2004)Roth (2003)Roth (2008)
Modern Editions
General Notes (Internal)

Recorded secondary versions

Pattern of embedded stories in this version

Short Story Sequence Number Narrator Name Variations
Arbor 1 Empress
Canis 2 Bancillas
Aper 3 Empress
Puteus 4 Lentulus
Gaza 5 Empress
Avis 6 Cato
Sapientes 7 Empress
Tentamina 8 Malquidras
Virgilius 9 Empress
Medicus 10 Josephas
Senescalcus and Roma 11 Empress
Amatores 12 Cleophas
Inclusa 13 Empress
Vidua 14 Joachim
Vaticinium and Amici 15 Prince

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Many versions of the Historia (in particular, the prose German versions of the text that Gerdes terms Prosafassung/Redaction B) are included within the text of the Gesta Romanorum. Gaston Paris suggested that this might account for the emperor's name in Version H: the emperor is called 'Poncianus' rather than 'Diocletianus', perhaps because the Gesta Romanorum already includes the story of an emperor Diocletian.