Dutch Version A

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The only extant textual witness of the Dutch Version A - as of yet - is a manuscript from the 2nd quarter of the 14th century which contains a verse adaptation of the French Prose Version A (see Schlusemann 2025: 5), but an earlier reference to the VII vroede te Rome attests a circulation of a Dutch Version already within the 13th century (see Schlusemann 2025: 2). Another indicator are linguistic features that argue for an origin within the 2nd half of the 13th century (see Schlusemann 2023a: 123).

[Added by Elisabeth Böttcher]

General Information

Language within Version

Dutch

Parent Versions

A (Seven Sages)

Branch of the tradition

Seven Sages of Rome

Language & Composition

Language of version

Dutch

Date of Composition

1250 - 1300

Source for date of composition

Schlusemann (2023a)

Literature & Editions

Modern research literature

Schlusemann (2025), Schlusemann (2023a)

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
    • Printed English Version A
    • 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)

French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages

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	Banxillas
Aper – The Boar and the Fruit	3	Empress
Medicus – The Doctor	4	Anxilles
Gaza – The Treasure	5	Empress
Puteus – The Well	6	Lentulus	Tintillus
Senescalcus – The Seneschal	7	Empress
Tentamina – The Test	8	Malquidras	Malequidart
Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels	9	Empress
Avis – The Bird	10	Cato	Caton
Sapientes – The Wise Men	11	Empress
Vidua – The Widow	12	Jesse
Roma – Rome Besieged	13	Empress
Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife	14	Mauras

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