Old Swedish Version A: Difference between revisions

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Of the three surviving Old Swedish manuscripts of the Seven Sages narrative, usually titled Sju vise mästare (The Seven Wise Masters, first edited by G. E. Klemming, 1887-1889), two are part of the larger Version A tradition. (The third Old Swedish manuscript, Redaction C, is part of Version H.)

The two manuscripts - usually referred to in scholarship as Redaction A and Redaction B - both date to the first half of the 15th century. According to Massimiliano Bampi (2007 and 2014), both have as their source texts Latin Version A translations of the French Version A narrative, though Bampi suggests they derive from two distinct Latin manuscripts. The complete text is only extant in Redaction B; Redaction A is missing the beginning of the frame story.

[Added by Elisabeth Böttcher]

General Information
Language within Version	Old Swedish
Narrative / Scholarly Group
Parent Versions	A (Seven Sages)
Child Versions	Old Swedish Redaction A, Old Swedish Redaction B
Author
Title
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages	Old Swedish Version A
Branch of the tradition	West

Language & Composition
Language of version
Translated into (languages)
Place of composition
Date of composition	1400 - 1450
Source for date of composition	Bampi (2007)

Literature & Editions
Modern research literature	Bampi (2007), Bampi (2014), Klemming (1887-1889)
Modern Editions	Klemming, Sju vise mästare (1887-1889)

Recorded branch of this secondary version
A (Seven Sages) Dutch Version A Dutch Verse Version: Van den seven vroeden van binnen Rome 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 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)
Adapted into (version)
Source for composition and adaptation information	Bampi (2007), Bampi (2014)

Languages in Use
Language of text	Old Swedish
Regional or specific language of version

Notes
Note
Notes on motifs

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	Bancillas
Aper – The Boar and the Fruit	3	Empress
Medicus – The Doctor	4	Anxilles
Gaza – The Treasure	5	Empress
Puteus – The Well	6	Lentulus
Senescalcus – The Seneschal	7	Empress
Tentamina – The Test	8	Malquidras
Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels	9	Empress
Avis – The Bird	10	Caton	Cato, Catho, Katho
Sapientes – The Wise Men	11	Empress
Vidua – The Widow	12	Jesse	Josse
Roma – Rome Beseiged	13	Empress
Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife	14	Maxencius	Meron, Martin

Connected manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Location	Has Date Range Of Production
Stockholm Kungliga biblioteket Cod. Holm. D 4	Old Swedish	Stockholm, Kungliga biblioteket	1400 - 1450

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 {{Secondary Version
-|Has Description=Since the publication of an edition of the ''Sju vise mästare'' by [[Klemming (1887-1889)|G. E. Klemming, 1887-1889]], the three known Old Swedish manuscripts have been classified into three redactions (A, B, and C). The Old Swedish Version A has - so far - only survived in two manuscripts which date back to the first half of the 15th century. They are known as Redaction A and Redaction B. According to Massimiliano Bampi ([[Bampi (2007)|2007]] and [[Bampi (2014)|2014]]), both have been translated, each from a different Latin translation of the French Version A. The complete text is only extant in Redaction B; Redaction A is missing the beginning of the frame story.
+|Has Description=Of the three surviving Old Swedish manuscripts of the ''Seven Sages'' narrative, usually titled ''Sju vise mästare'' (The Seven Wise Masters, first edited by [[Klemming (1887-1889)|G. E. Klemming, 1887-1889]]), two are part of the larger Version A tradition. (The third Old Swedish manuscript, Redaction C, is part of [[H (Historia Septem Sapientum)|Version H]].)
+The two manuscripts - usually referred to in scholarship as Redaction A and Redaction B - both date to the first half of the 15th century. According to Massimiliano Bampi ([[Bampi (2007)|2007]] and [[Bampi (2014)|2014]]), both have as their source texts [[Latin Version A]] translations of the [[French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages|French Version A]] narrative, though Bampi suggests they derive from two distinct Latin manuscripts. The complete text is only extant in Redaction B; Redaction A is missing the beginning of the frame story.