Redaction F

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Redaction F is one of the eight prose redactions of the German Version H. According to Steinmetz (2001), F was likely composed in the second quarter or in the middle of the fifteenth century in the southeast German language area (Steinmetz 2001: IX). The Early New High German redaction only survived in one manuscript which contains sections that are similar to Redaction G – the so-called ‘vulgate’. In the introduction to his 2001 edition of the Historia von den sieben weisen Meistern und dem Kaiser Diocletianus, Steinmetz proposes that one of them could have served as a template for the other but the order is unclear (p. XIII–XIV). He also suggests that the redactor of F cut the text of the vulgate at various points in their adaptation (specifically the character’s speeches in the frame narrative between the inset tales) and revised it stylistically (see Steinmetz 2001: XIV).

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General Information

Language within Version

German (High and Low German)

Parent Versions

Prosafassung / Prose Version

Branch of the tradition

Seven Sages of Rome

Language & Composition

Translated into (languages)

German

Date of Composition

1425 - 1460

Source for date of composition

Steinmetz (2001)

Literature & Editions

Modern research literature

Steinmetz (2001)

Modern Editions

Steinmetz, Die Historia von den sieben weisen Meistern und dem Kaiser Diocletianus (2001)

Recorded Branch of This Secondary Version

• H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
  • Armenian Version H
  • 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)
      • Conyers Version
      • Pynson Version
  • French Version H
  • German Version H
    • Aventewr von Diocleciano
    • German Sieben Weise Meister
      • German Prints (H)
      • Prosafassung / Prose Version
        • Redaction A
        • Redaction B
        • Redaction C
        • Redaction D
        • Redaction E
        • Redaction F
        • Redaction G
      • Versfassung / Verse Version
        • Anonymous Verse Version
    • Hans von Bühel, Dyocletianus Leben
    • Hystorij von Diocleciano
    • Sebastian Wild, Ein schoͤne Tragedj (Stage adaptation)
  • Hungarian Version H: Pontianus tsaszar historiaia
    • Hungarian Prints
  • 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
    • Latin Historia Septem Sapientum
      • 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
    • Ludus septem sapientum. De Astrei regii
  • Lithuanian Version H
  • Polish Version H
  • Russian 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)
  • Yiddish Version H
    • Yiddish Version H Manuscripts
    • Yiddish Version H Prints

Adaptations

Source for composition and adaptation information

Steinmetz (2001)

Connected Manuscripts

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