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{{Inset Story
{{Inset Story
|Has Short Description=The Boar and the Fruit
|Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Epstein (1967); Clouston (1884)
|Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Epstein (1967); Clouston (1884)
|Has Motif=Animal tale; Lesson: greed; Lesson: flattery; Boar; Deception; Setting: nature; Food and drink; Orchard
|Has Motif=Animal tale; Lesson: greed; Lesson: flattery; Boar; Deception; Setting: nature; Food and drink; Orchard
|Has Summary='''The Boar'''
|Has Summary=Frightened of a fierce, huge boar, a herdsman escapes up a fruit-tree. He throws down fruit which the boar eats until it is full, sated, and sleepy. When the herdsman descends, the boar lies passively, and the herdsman kills it. In some versions (e.g., Mischle Sendebar), the boar eats until it bursts; in other versions, the herdsman strokes it gently until it falls fully asleep before killing it, while in other versions it is a monkey who tricks the boar.


Frightened of a fierce, huge boar, a herdsman escapes up a fruit-tree. He throws down fruit which the boar eats until it is full, sated, and sleepy. When the herdsman descends, the boar lies passively, and the herdsman kills it. In some versions (e.g., Mischle Sendebar), the boar eats until it bursts; in other versions, the herdsman strokes it gently until it falls fully asleep before killing it, while in other versions it is a monkey who tricks the boar.


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|Has Note=Along with [[Avis]], [[Senescalcus]], and [[Canis]], Aper is one of the few inset tales that appears in both 'Eastern' and 'Western' versions of the narrative tradition.


[Added by Jane Bonsall]
Nishimura notes the
|Has Note=Along with [[Avis]], [[Senescalcus]], and [[Canis]], Aper is one of the few inset tales that appears in both 'Eastern' and 'Western' versions of the narrative tradition.
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Animal taleLesson: greedLesson: flatteryBoarDeceptionSetting: natureFood and drinkOrchard

Frightened of a fierce, huge boar, a herdsman escapes up a fruit-tree. He throws down fruit which the boar eats until it is full, sated, and sleepy. When the herdsman descends, the boar lies passively, and the herdsman kills it. In some versions (e.g., Mischle Sendebar), the boar eats until it bursts; in other versions, the herdsman strokes it gently until it falls fully asleep before killing it, while in other versions it is a monkey who tricks the boar.


[Added by Jane Bonsall]

Note

Along with Avis, Senescalcus, and Canis, Aper is one of the few inset tales that appears in both 'Eastern' and 'Western' versions of the narrative tradition.

Nishimura notes the

Critical Literature
Nishimura (2001), Epstein (1967), Clouston (1884)
Aper appears in the following versions and secondary versions
Aper is narrated in the following occurrences
Narrator Pages
Empress A (Seven Sages), Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Cardiff MS 2.83 (RMWL MS 6), Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Cardiff MS 3.4 (RMWL Cardiff MS 5), Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanover MS 13075B, Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanstephan MS 117, Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanstephan MS 171, Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanstephan MS 2., Admont Stiftsbibliothek Cod. 163, Admont Stiftsbibliothek Cod. 652, Anonymous Verse Version, Arabic Version A101 (Hundred and One Nights), Augsburg Universitätsbibliothek Cod. I. 2. 2° 22, Aventewr von Diocleciano, Bamberg Staatsbibliothek Msc. Class. 87, Basel Universitätsbibliothek Mscr. A IX 15, Basel Universitätsbibliothek UBH E II 3, Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. Magdeb. 208 (excerpts within Gesta Romanorum), Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. lat. qu. 184, Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. lat. qu. 409 (excerpts within Gesta Romanorum), Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. lat. qu. 618, Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. lat. qu. 641, Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. lat. qu. 710, Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. theol. lat. fol. 239, Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. theol. lat. qu. 109, Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. theol. lat. qu. 151, Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. theol. lat. qu. 272, Bern Burgerbibliothek Cod. 388, Bern Burgerbibliothek Cod. 723, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3660, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3662, Brno Moravská knihovna RKP-0048.042 (Rkp 84), Brno Moravský zemský archiv Cerr II 361, Brussel Koninklijke Bibliotheek 9245, Brussel Koninklijke Bibliotheek II 1171, Bühnenfassung / Stage adaptation: Sebastian Wild, Tragedj, Cambridge University Library MS Dd.1.17, Cambridge University Library MS Ff. 2, 38, Cambridge University Library MS Gg.6.28, Chantilly Musée Condé MS 683, Colmar Bibliothèque Municipale Ms. 55, Colmar Bibliothèque des Dominicains CPC 6 (278), D (Sept Sages de Rome), Dresden Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Mscr. Dresd. C 398, Dresden Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Mscr. Dresd. F 61a, Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Mscr. Dresd. F 61a, Dublin Trinity College Library Ms 667, Dutch Verse Version: Van den seven vroeden van binnen Rome, Early Modern and Modern Welsh Version A, Edinburgh National Library of Scotland Advocates MS 19.2.1, Auchinleck Manuscript, Edinburgh National Library of Scotland MS. 16500, Asloan Manuscript, Eichstätt Universitätsbibliothek Cod. st 698, Erasto (Es), Erlangen Universitätsbibliothek Ms. B 11, Florence Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Gaddiano 166, Florence Biblioteca nazionale centrale, Palatino 680, French A/L Overlap, French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages, Gdańsk PAN Biblioteka Gdańska Ms. 1974, German Version A: Allegatio/Libellus, German Version H, H (Historia Septem Sapientum), Hans von Bühel, Dyocletianus Leben, Hebrew Group A, Hebrew Group B, Hebrew Prints, I (Versio Italico), Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C), Italian Prose (V), Italian Version A, K (Sept Sages de Rome), L (Sept Sages de Rome), L'Amabile di Continentia (Em), Latin Mishle Sendebar, Latin Version A, Latin Version A: Allegatio / Libellus, Latin Version H, Leiden Universiteit Or. 14.303, Libro de los Engaños, Libro dei Sette Savj (A), London British Library Add. MS. 27429, London British Library Additional MS 15685, London British Library Arundel 140, London British Library Cotton Galba E IX, London British Library Egerton 1995, M ('Male Marastre'), Madrid Real Academia Española 'El Conde Lucanor', Ms. 15, Mario Teluccini, Erasto in verse, Mario Teluccini, Erasto. Pesaro: Girolamo Concordia, 1566., Middle English Version A, Middle Welsh Version A, Mishle Sendebar, Old Swedish Redaction C, Old Swedish Version A: Sju vise mästare, Older Scots Version A: Buke of the Sevyne Sagis, Oxford Balliol College Library MS 354 (Richard Hill's Commonplace Book), Oxford Bodleian Library Jesus College MS. 111, Oxford Bodleian Library Jesus College MS. 20, Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson poet. 175, Padua Biblioteca Civica C.M. 304/6, Paris Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 3354, Paris Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 3516, Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3660, Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3661, Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3662, Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 573, Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 95, Parma Biblioteca Palatina Parm. 01391, Polish Version H, Prosafassung / Prose Version, S (Scala Coeli), Scots Version H: Rolland, Seuin Seages, Spanish Version H: Los Siete Sabios de Roma, St. Florian Stiftsbibliothek Cod. XI 92 B, Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M), Storia di Stefano (R), Storia favolosa di Stefano (S), Swedish Version H: Sju vise mästare, Thystorye of ye vii wyse Maysters of rome (English, 16th c.), Toronto Aga Khan Museum 00513, Tunis Bibliothèque nationale de Tunisie, MWT 04576, Uppsala Universitetsbiblioteket Cod. C 7, Versfassung / Verse Version, Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L), Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein, Wien Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Cod. 2937
Aper appears in the following manuscripts
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