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|Has Description=The Italian text titled ''Il Libro dei Sette Savj,'' edited by [[D'Ancona (1864)|Alessandro d'Ancona (1864]]), adheres closely to the standard Version A story pattern. Unlike the two other Italian Version A redactions (the [[Italian Prose A]] and [[Storia favolosa di Stefano]]) this version maintains all fifteen expected stories, in the order in which the appear in most [[French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages|French Version A]] manuscripts - unsurprising, given that the presumed source material for this text is a French A text.  
|Has Description=The Italian text titled ''Il Libro dei Sette Savj,'' edited by [[D'Ancona (1864)|Alessandro d'Ancona (1864]]), adheres closely to the standard Version A story pattern. Unlike the two other Italian Version A redactions (the [[Italian Prose A]] and [[Storia favolosa di Stefano]]) this version maintains all fifteen expected stories, in the order in which the appear in most [[French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages|French Version A]] manuscripts - unsurprising, given that the presumed source material for this text is a French A text.  


The dating of this version is currently unclear. In the description given in [[Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984)]],  the authors suggest that d'Ancona 'ascribes the text he edited... to the end of the 13th century' (p. 128). As far as I can discover, d'Ancona situates the text in the 'buon secolo della lingua', the golden age of Italian vernacular literature between c. 1220-1350 (vii), but does not offer a specific date. Some online catalogues (e.g., Arlima) suggest a fifteenth century date for this text, which corresponds with the date for [[Florence Biblioteca nazionale centrale, Palatino 680]] - the supplemental text d'Ancona used as an appendix; however, the catalogue for [[Florence Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Gaddiano 166|Florence Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana]] is not currently available, and thus further confirmation would be welcome.
The dating of this version is currently unclear. In the description given in [[Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984)]],  the authors suggest that d'Ancona 'ascribes the text he edited... to the end of the 13th century' (p. 128). As far as I can discover, d'Ancona situates the text in the 'buon secolo della lingua', the golden age of Italian vernacular literature between c. 1220-1350 (vii), but does not offer a specific date. However, [[Wikeley (1983)|Wikeley (1983]]) suggests (in passing) a fifteenth century date for this text, which corresponds with the date for [[Florence Biblioteca nazionale centrale, Palatino 680]] - the supplemental text d'Ancona used as an appendix. However, d'Ancona's primary text, [[Florence Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Gaddiano 166]], may have a distinct date, of course; the online catalogue for the Laurenziana library is not currently available, and thus more confirmation is needed.
 
 
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|Has Parent Version=Italian Version A
|Has Parent Version=Italian Version A
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|Has End Date Of Composition=1500
|Has End Date Of Composition=1500
|Has Text Language=Italian
|Has Text Language=Italian
|Has Modern Research Literature=D'Ancona (1864)
|Has Modern Research Literature=D'Ancona (1864); Wikeley (1983); Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984)
|Has Modern Edition=D'Ancona, Il Libro dei Sette Savj (1864)
|Has Modern Edition=D'Ancona, Il Libro dei Sette Savj (1864)
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The Italian text titled Il Libro dei Sette Savj, edited by Alessandro d'Ancona (1864), adheres closely to the standard Version A story pattern. Unlike the two other Italian Version A redactions (the Italian Prose A and Storia favolosa di Stefano) this version maintains all fifteen expected stories, in the order in which the appear in most French Version A manuscripts - unsurprising, given that the presumed source material for this text is a French A text.

The dating of this version is currently unclear. In the description given in Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), the authors suggest that d'Ancona 'ascribes the text he edited... to the end of the 13th century' (p. 128). As far as I can discover, d'Ancona situates the text in the 'buon secolo della lingua', the golden age of Italian vernacular literature between c. 1220-1350 (vii), but does not offer a specific date. However, Wikeley (1983) suggests (in passing) a fifteenth century date for this text, which corresponds with the date for Florence Biblioteca nazionale centrale, Palatino 680 - the supplemental text d'Ancona used as an appendix. However, d'Ancona's primary text, Florence Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Gaddiano 166, may have a distinct date, of course; the online catalogue for the Laurenziana library is not currently available, and thus more confirmation is needed.


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Tradition & Lineage

Branch of the tradition
West
Adapted from (version)
French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages
Source for composition and adaptation information
Wikeley (1983)

Recorded Secondary Versions

Connected Manuscripts

Language & Composition



Date of Composition
1250 - 1500


Modern Scholarship & Editions

Modern research literature
D'Ancona (1864), Wikeley (1983), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984)
Modern Editions
D'Ancona, Il Libro dei Sette Savj (1864)


Pattern of Embedded Stories in This Version









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