C (Sept Sages de Rome)

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The fragment of the Old French Roman des Sept Sages found in Ms 620 of the Bibliothèque Municipale des Chartres comprises Version C. However, the Chartres MS 620 was unfortunately lost in WWII. It was partially photographed prior to this distruction, but most of the images were of the second half of the text. This is noteworthy, because the two parts of the text were quite different: the opening of the text through to the beginning of 'Tentamina' (folios 19-26) was composed in prose, and then folios 27-44 in rhymed verse. Only one image of the first (prose) half of the text (folio 26) survives. According to Speer (1981) and Speer and Foehr-Janssens (2017), despite the fact that the two halves of the text are copied in different hands and styles, there is sufficient fluidity between them to consider them an intentional continuation and whole, rather than discrete fragments. Speer also suggests that the embedded stories in the first (lost) prose half of the text may have followed the Version A narrative pattern, and that the text closely resembles BNF 1421 (1981).

Identification and general Information
Title	Roman des Sept Sages
Author

Tradition and Lineage
Branch of the tradition	Seven Sages of Rome
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C (Sept Sages de Rome)

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Language and Composition
Language of version	Old French
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Translated into (languages)
Place of composition	France
Date of composition	1275 - 1325
Islamic date of composition
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Source for date of composition	Campbell (1907), Speer and Foehr-Janssens (2017), Speer (1981)

Modern Scholarship and Editions
Modern research literature	Speer (1989), Speer (1981), Foehr-Janssens (1994), Speer and Foehr-Janssens (2017), Campbell (1907), Smith (1912), Paris (1876), Misrahi (1933), Speer (1987), Speer (1994), Foehr-Janssens (1997), Uhlig and Foehr-Janssens (2014), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984)
Modern Editions	Speer, Le Roman des Sept Sages de Rome (1989), Speer and Foehr-Janssens, Le Roman des Sept Sages de Rome (2017), Smith, A verse version of the Sept Sages de Rome (1912)

Notes and Commentary
Note	Speer suggests that the embedded stories in the first (lost) prose half of the text may have followed the Version A narrative pattern (1981).
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Pattern of embedded stories in this version
Has Short Title Has Sequence Number Has Narrator Has Name Variation Tentamina – The Test 8     Roma – Rome Besieged 9 Empress   Avis – The Bird 10 Cato   Sapientes – The Wise Men 11 Empress   Vidua – The Widow 12 Jesse   Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels 13 Empress   Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife 14 Meron Merol Copy Embedded Stories Copy Embedded Stories × Select Target Page: Close Process

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