Latin Version A: Allegatio / Libellus

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The Latin Version A text titled either Allegatio Septem Sapientum, or Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus, follows the overall structure of the Version A tradition, but demonstates some specific alterations. The Allegatio is found in one fourteenth-century Latin manuscript, and was later translated into German. The embedded stories match closely with other Version A texts, with the exception of the sixth story, Mercator, which has replaced Puteus. Additionally, usual order of Gaza and Senescalcus (usually 5 and 7, respectively) is here reversed.

The inclusion of Mercator instead of Puteus is a pattern also replicated in some of the Italian Version A texts, in particular the Italian Prose A and the Storia favolosa di Stefano. The contemporary composition timeframes, and the fact that the Allegatio/Libellus text was composed in Northern Italy, we may perhaps hypothesize about the Mercator/Puteus change across all of these text as a signal of shared narrative inheritance.

Steinmetz's 1997 edition 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	Latin Version A
Child Versions
Author
Title	Allegatio Septem Sapientum (or, Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus)
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages
Branch of the tradition	Seven Sages of Rome

Language & Composition
Language of version	Latin
Translated into (languages)	German (High and Low German)
Place of composition	Northern Italy
Date of composition	1301 - 1400
Source for date of composition	Steinmetz (1997)

Literature & Editions
Modern research literature	Steinmetz (1997), Gerdes (1989)
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)	Latin Version A
Adapted into (version)	German Version A
Source for composition and adaptation information	Steinmetz (1997), Gerdes (1989), Gerdes (1992)

Languages in Use
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   Senescalcus – The Seneschal 5 Empress   Mercator 6 Third Master   Gaza – The Treasure 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 Besieged 13 Empress   Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife 14 Seventh Master   Copy Embedded Stories Copy Embedded Stories × Select Target Page: Close Process

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