Latin Version A

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There are a handful of different Latin versions of the Seven Sages narrative that follow the pattern of stories are found in Version A. Some, like the fifteenth-century Trinity College Dublin text, replicate the pattern as established in the French Version A. Greene notes the parallels between this manuscript witness and the (much later) Gaelic text, and (given that the Gaelic does not appear to be a translation from the Middle English Version A texts) suggests that this may be a source for the Gaelic. See Green (1944).

Others versions, like the version titled either Allegatio Septem Sapientum, or Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus, follow the overall structure, but demonstate some specific alterations to the Version A narrative pattern. Steinmetz's 1997 edition of the Allegatio variation, 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
Language within Version
Narrative / Scholarly Group
Parent Versions	A (Seven Sages)
Child Versions	Latin Version A: Allegatio / Libellus
Author
Title
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages	Latin Version A
Branch of the tradition	Seven Sages of Rome

Language & Composition
Language of version	Latin
Translated into (languages)	German (High and Low German), Bairisch, Bairisch-Österreichisch
Place of composition
Date of composition	1301 - 1400
Source for date of composition	Steinmetz (1997), Gerdes (1989)

Literature & Editions
Modern research literature	Gerdes (1989), Steinmetz (1997), Greene (1944)
Modern Editions	Steinmetz, Der 'Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus' (1997)

Recorded branch of this secondary version

A (Seven Sages) Dutch Version A Dutch Verse Version: Van den seven vroeden van binnen Rome 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 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

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Adaptations
Adapted from (version)	A (Seven Sages)
Adapted into (version)	German Version A, Latin Version A: Allegatio / Libellus
Source for composition and adaptation information	Steinmetz (1997), Gerdes (1989), Gerdes (1992)

Languages in Use
Language of text	Latin
Regional or specific language of version

Notes
Note
Notes on motifs

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   Gaza – The Treasure 5 Empress   Puteus – The Well 6 Third Master   Senescalcus – The Seneschal 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 Beseiged 13 Empress   Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife 14 Seventh Master   Copy Embedded Stories Copy Embedded Stories × Select Target Page: Close Process

Connected manuscripts
Manuscript Language Location Date of Production Chantilly Musée Condé MS 683 Latin Bibliothèque et archives du Château de Chantilly (Musée Condé) 1301 - 1400 Dublin Trinity College Library Ms 667 Latin Dublin, Trinity College Library 1450 - 1500 Uppsala Universitetsbiblioteket Cod. C 7 Latin Uppsala, Universitetsbiblioteket 1401 - 1450