Latin Version A: Allegatio / Libellus

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The Latin Version A text titled either Allegatio Septem Sapientum, or Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus, follows the overall structure of the Version A tradition, but demonstates some specific alterations. The Allegatio is found in one fourteenth-century Latin manuscript, and was later translated into German. The embedded stories match closely with other Version A texts, with the exception of the sixth story, Mercator, which has replaced Puteus. Additionally, usual order of Gaza and Senescalcus (usually 5 and 7, respectively) is here reversed.

The inclusion of Mercator instead of Puteus is a pattern also replicated in some of the Italian Version A texts, in particular the Italian Prose A and the Storia favolosa di Stefano. The contemporary composition timeframes, and the fact that the Allegatio/Libellus text was composed in Northern Italy, we may perhaps hypothesize about the Mercator/Puteus change across all of these text as a signal of shared narrative inheritance.

Steinmetz's 1997 edition with the Latin text and the 15th century German translation in parallel offers a useful introduction to the way this text follows and - occasionally - diverges from similar and contemporary versions of the Seven Sages.

General Information

Parent Versions

Latin Version A

Title

Allegatio Septem Sapientum (or, Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus)

Branch of the tradition

Seven Sages of Rome

Language & Composition

Translated into (languages)

German (High and Low German)

Place of composition

Northern Italy

Date of Composition

1301 - 1400

Source for date of composition

Steinmetz (1997)

Literature & Editions

Modern research literature

Steinmetz (1997), Gerdes (1989)

Modern Editions

Steinmetz, Der 'Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus' (1997)

Recorded Branch of This Secondary Version

• A (Seven Sages)
  • Dutch Version A
  • 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
    • Latin Version A: De Septem Sapientibus
  • 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

Adaptations

Adapted from (version)

Latin Version A

Adapted into (version)

German Version A

Source for composition and adaptation information

Steinmetz (1997), Gerdes (1989), Gerdes (1992)

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	First Master
Aper – The Boar and the Fruit	3	Empress
Medicus – The Doctor	4	Second Master
Senescalcus – The Seneschal	5	Empress
Mercator	6	Third Master
Gaza – The Treasure	7	Empress
Tentamina – The Test	8	Fourth Master
Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels	9	Empress
Avis – The Bird	10	Fifth Master
Sapientes – The Wise Men	11	Empress
Vidua – The Widow	12	Sixth Master
Roma – Rome Besieged	13	Empress
Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife	14	Seventh Master

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Connected Manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Location	Has Date Range Of Production
Chantilly Musée Condé MS 683	Latin	Bibliothèque et archives du Château de Chantilly (Musée Condé)	1301 - 1400