Old Swedish Version A

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Of the three surviving Old Swedish manuscripts of the Seven Sages narrative, usually titled Sju vise mästare (The Seven Wise Masters, first edited by G. E. Klemming, 1887-1889), two are part of the larger Version A tradition. (The third Old Swedish manuscript, Redaction C, is part of Version H.)

The two manuscripts - usually referred to in scholarship as Redaction A and Redaction B - both date to the first half of the 15th century. According to Massimiliano Bampi (2007 and 2014), both have as their source texts Latin Version A translations of the French Version A narrative, though Bampi suggests they derive from two distinct Latin manuscripts. The complete text is only extant in Redaction B; Redaction A is missing the beginning of the frame story.

[Added by Elisabeth Böttcher]

General Information

Language within Version

Old Swedish

Parent Versions

A (Seven Sages)

Child Versions

Old Swedish Redaction A, Old Swedish Redaction B

Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages

Old Swedish Version A

Branch of the tradition

Seven Sages of Rome

Language & Composition

Date of Composition

1400 - 1450

Source for date of composition

Bampi (2007)

Literature & Editions

Modern research literature

Bampi (2007), Bampi (2014), Klemming (1887-1889)

Modern Editions

Klemming, Sju vise mästare (1887-1889)

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

Source for composition and adaptation information

Bampi (2007), Bampi (2014)

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
Medicus – The Doctor	4	Anxilles
Gaza – The Treasure	5	Empress
Puteus – The Well	6	Lentulus
Senescalcus – The Seneschal	7	Empress
Tentamina – The Test	8	Malquidras
Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels	9	Empress
Avis – The Bird	10	Cato
Sapientes – The Wise Men	11	Empress
Vidua – The Widow	12	Jesse	Josse
Roma – Rome Besieged	13	Empress
Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife	14	Maxencius	Meron, Martin

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Connected Manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Location	Has Date Range Of Production
Stockholm Kungliga biblioteket Cod. Holm. D 4	Old Swedish	Stockholm, Kungliga biblioteket	1400 - 1450