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|Has Siglum=Anonymous Verse Version
|Has Siglum=Anonymous Verse Version
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|Has Branch Of Tradition=Seven Sages of Rome
|Is Adapted From=Versfassung / Verse Version; German Version H; Latin Version H
|Is Adapted From=Versfassung / Verse Version; German Version H; Latin Version H
|Has Original Language Of Version=German (High and Low German)
|Has Original Language Of Version=German (High and Low German)

Revision as of 12:41, 3 December 2025

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



Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages
Branch of the tradition

Language & Composition


Date of Composition
1401 - 1450
Source for date of composition

Literature & Editions

Recorded Branch of This Secondary Version