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There are a handful of different Latin versions of the Seven Sages narrative that follow the pattern of stories are found in Version A. Some, like the fifteenth-century Trinity College Dublin text, replicate the pattern as established in the French Version A. Others, like the version titled either Allegatio Septem Sapientum, or Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus, follow the overall structure, but demonstate some specific alterations.

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
Language within Version
Narrative / Scholarly Group
Parent Versions	A (Seven Sages)
Child Versions	Latin Version A: Allegatio / Libellus
Author
Title	Allegatio Septem Sapientum (or, Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus)
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages	Latin Version A
Version Number
Branch of the tradition	West

Language & Composition
Original language of version	Latin
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) 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 Latin Version A Latin Version A: Allegatio / Libellus 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

Connected prints
No connected prints

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)

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

Notes
Note
Notes on motifs
Notes on the frame

Pattern of embedded stories in this version

Connected manuscripts

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+|Has Description=There are a handful of different Latin versions of the ''Seven Sages'' narrative that follow the pattern of stories are found in [[A (Seven Sages)|Version A]]. Some, like the fifteenth-century [[Dublin Trinity College Library Ms 667|Trinity College Dublin text]], replicate the pattern as established in the [[French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages|French Version A]]. Others, like the version titled either ''Allegatio Septem Sapientum,'' or ''Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus'', follow the overall structure, but demonstate some specific alterations.
+found in one fourteenth-century Latin manuscript and later translated into German, broadly follows the pattern established by the [[A (Seven Sages)|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 [[Steinmetz, Der 'Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus' (1997)|1997 edition]] with the Latin text and the 15th century [[German Version A|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.''
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