Anonymous Verse Version

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Like Hans von Bühel's poem, the anonymous German verse version is part of the Version H tradition, and explicitly credits a Latin text as its source (Kunkel 2023). It was composed in the first half of the fifteenth century, and survives in four manuscripts. The poem is some 7,000 lines in length, with a sizable prologue that establishes the anti-feminist bent of the narrative, linking the Sieben weise Meister motifs of feminine wickedness to classical precedent.

General Information
Language within Version
Narrative / Scholarly Group
Parent Versions	Versfassung / Verse Version
Child Versions
Author
Title
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages	Anonymous Verse Version
Version Number
Branch of the tradition	Seven Sages of Rome

Language & Composition
Original language of version	German (High and Low German)
Translated into (languages)
Place of composition
Date of composition	1401 - 1450
Source for date of composition	Kunkel (2023), Gerdes (1992)

Literature & Editions
Modern research literature	Gerdes (1992), Kunkel (2023), Paschke (1891), Gerdes (2004)
Modern Editions	Keller, Altdeutsche Gedichte (1846)

Recorded branch of this secondary version

H (Historia Septem Sapientum) Czech Version H: Kronika sedmi mudrců Danish Version H Dutch Version H Dutch Prints (H) Dutch Prose Version H English Version H English Prints (H) French Version H German Version H Aventewr von Diocleciano German Prints (H) Hystorij von Diocleciano Prosafassung / Prose Version Redaction A Redaction B Redaction C Redaction D Redaction E Redaction F Redaction G Versfassung / Verse Version Anonymous Verse Version Bühnenfassung / Stage adaptation: Sebastian Wild, Tragedj Hans von Bühel, Dyocletianus Leben Hungarian Version H Icelandic Version H Icelandic Prose: Sjö meistara saga Group A: Sjö meistara saga Group B: Alexander og Lúðvík Icelandic Verse: Sjö meistara saga Group C: Rímur Group D: Vinaspegill Latin Version H Excerpts in Gesta Romanorum Continental Group w Continental Group x Insular Group u Group I Group II Group III Group IV Lost Latin Version H Manuscripts Polish Version H Scots Version H: Rolland, Seuin Seages Scots Prints (H) Spanish Version H: Los Siete Sabios de Roma Spanish Prints (H) Swedish Version H: Sju vise mästare Old Swedish Redaction C Swedish Prints (H)

Connected prints
No connected prints

Adaptations
Adapted from (version)	Versfassung / Verse Version, German Version H, Latin Version H
Adapted into (version)
Source for composition and adaptation information

Languages in Use
Language of text	German (High and Low German)
Regional or specific language of version

Notes
Note
Notes on motifs
Notes on the frame

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   Puteus – The Well 4 Lentulus   Gaza – The Treasure 5 Empress   Avis – The Bird 6 Cato   Sapientes – The Wise Men 7 Empress   Tentamina – The Test 8 Malquidras   Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels 9 Empress   Medicus – The Doctor 10 Josephas   Senescalcus and Roma – The Steward, and Rome Beseiged 11 Empress   Amatores 12 Cleophas   Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife 13 Empress   Vidua – The Widow 14 Joachim   Copy Embedded Stories Copy Embedded Stories × Select Target Page: Close Process

Connected manuscripts

Manuscript Language Location Date of Production Erlangen Universitätsbibliothek Ms. B 11 German (High and Low German) Erlangen, Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg 1476 Frankfurt a. M. Universitätsbibliothek Ms. germ. qu. 12 German (High and Low German) Frankfurt a. M., Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg 1471 Hamburg Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Cod. germ. 1 German (High and Low German) Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek 1454 Karlsruhe Landesbibliothek Cod. Donaueschingen 90 German (High and Low German) Karlsruhe, Landesbibliothek 1452