Latin Version S Manuscripts

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Jean Gobi the Younger's collection of exempla titled Scala Coeli was composed circa 1323–30, when Gobi was in residence at the monastery of Saint-Maximin (see the page for Version S for more general information). The transmission of the narrative includes both incunables and manuscripts in Latin (as well as redactions in other languages), which may be grouped into three distinct groups, according to Cañizares Ferriz (2011):

• Group I (most complete manuscripts, 1002–1068 exempla): most include the Seven Sages, and mostly include the sages' names.
• Group II (876–974 exempla): more than half contain The Seven Sages, rarely contain the sages' names.
• Group III (most abbreviated, 487–617 exempla): less than half contain the Seven Sages, and almost always omit the sages' names.

Cañizares Ferriz worked primarily with Marie-Anne Polo de Beaulieu's 1991 edition when analysing these groups; as such, the texts not included in Polo de Beaulieu's edition - nine manuscripts in total - are not described by Cañizares Ferriz, and whether or not they contain the Seven Sages text is unknown. Those manuscripts are:

• Gdansk, Bibl. Polskiej Akad. Nauk. Mar. F. 43
• Munich, Staatsbibl. 8365, 8947, and 8975 [extracts only]
• Munster, Bibl. Paulina 184
• Olomouc, Kapitulni Knihovna 447, n.3
• Sevilla, Bibl. Colombina 5-6-27
• Warsaw, Bibl. Narodowa 52
• Wroclaw, Bibl. Univ. I, Q 292, [extracts only]
• Wroclaw, Ossolineum 415
• Xanten, Dombibl. S. n.

For more on the presence/absence of the Seven Sages in the Spanish translation of the Scala Coeli, see Cañizares Ferriz, and Hilka (1913).

General Information
Language within Version
Narrative / Scholarly Group
Parent Versions	Latin Version S
Child Versions	Latin Version S (Not in Scala Coeli), Latin Version S Group I, Latin Version S Group II, Latin Version S Group III
Author	Jean Gobi the Younger
Title	Liber de Septem Sapientibus (Scala Coeli)
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages	Latin Version S Manuscripts
Version Number
Branch of the tradition	West

Language & Composition
Original language of version	Latin
Translated into (languages)
Place of composition	Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, France
Date of composition	1322 - 1330
Source for date of composition

Literature & Editions
Modern research literature	Polo de Beaulieu (1985), Polo de Beaulieu (1986), Polo de Beaulieu (1990), Polo de Beaulieu (1991), Polo de Beaulieu (1992), Polo de Beaulieu (1994), Polo de Beaulieu (1996), Polo de Beaulieu (1999), Polo de Beaulieu (2015), Cañizares Ferriz (2000), Cañizares Ferriz (2011), Aranda García (2021a), Hilka (1913)
Modern Editions	Polo de Beaulieu, La Scala Coeli de Jean Gobi (1991), Cañizares Ferriz, Traducción y reescritura (Siete sabios de Roma) (2011)

Recorded branch of this secondary version
S (Scala Coeli) Latin Version S Latin Version S Manuscripts Latin Version S (Not in Scala Coeli) Latin Version S Group I Latin Version S Group II Latin Version S Group III

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Adaptations
Adapted from (version)	Latin Version S, S (Scala Coeli)
Adapted into (version)
Source for composition and adaptation information

Languages in Use
Language of text	Latin
Regional or specific language of version

Notes
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Notes on the frame

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Connected manuscripts

Manuscript Language Location Date of Production Avignon Bibliothèque municipale Ceccano, Ms 335 Latin Avignon, Bibliothèque municipale Ceccano 1450 - 1500 Braunschweig Stadtbibliothek 10 Latin Braunschweig, Stadtbibliothek 1452 Brugge Bibliotheek Ms. 494 Latin Brugge, Bibliotheek Brugge 1401 - 1500 Burgo de Osma Biblioteca Capitular Ms. 57 Latin Burgo de Osma, Archivo Capitular de Osma-Soria 1401 - 1500 Città del Vaticano Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Cod. Pal. Lat. 862 Latin Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana 1401 - 1500 Dublin Trinity College Library Ms 128 Latin Dublin, Trinity College Library 1401 - 1500 Göttingen Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Theol. 140 Latin Göttingen, Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek 1401 - 1500 Kraków Biblioteka Jagiellońska 1410 Latin Kraków, Biblioteka Jagiellońska 1401 - 1500 Liège Bibliothèque Université Ms 101 Latin Liège, Université de Liège Bibliothèque 1459 Lüneburg Ratsbücherei Theol. 4° 8 Latin Lüneburg, Ratsbücherei Lüneburg 1377 Madrid Biblioteca Nacional de España Ms. 1113 Latin Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España 1301 - 1400 Marseille Bibliothèque Municipale Ms. 98 Latin Marseille, Bibliothèque Municipale 1401 - 1500 Metz Bibliothèque Municipale Ms. 238 Latin Metz, Bibliothèque Municipale de Metz 1401 - 1500 Napoli Biblioteca Nazionale VIII B.32 Latin Napoli, Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III 1401 - 1500 Osnabrück Bibliothek Gymnasium Carolinum Ms. 31 Latin Osnabrück, Bibliothek Gymnasium Carolinum 1401 - 1500 Paris Bibliothèque Mazarine Ms 3855 Latin Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine 1401 - 1500 Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cod. Lat. 16517 Latin Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France 1458/06/05 Parma Biblioteca Palatina Parm. 28 Latin Parma, Biblioteca Palatina 1401 - 1500 Urgell Arxiu Capitular Ms. 2080 Latin Urgell, Arxiu Capitular d'Urgell 1401 - 1500 Warszawa Biblioteka Narodowa BOZ 145 Latin Warszawa, Biblioteka Narodowa 1450 - 1500 Wien Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Cod. 13538 Latin Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek 1401 - 1500 Wien Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Cod. 5371 Latin Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek 1395 - 1399 Wrocław Biblioteka Uniwersytecka I Q 454 Latin Wrocław, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka 1452