German Version A: Allegatio/Libellus

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In 1997, Steinmetz produced a parallel-text edition of the German version A text, alongside the Latin text which is assumed to be its source. Steinmetz refers to this version of the narrative as Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus, though it is also referred to as Allegatio septem saptientum, and he suggests the Latin version was composed in the 14th century, and translated into the Bavarian/Bavarian-Austrian dialect sometime early in the 15th century. The German Libellus survives in two manuscripts; Steinmetz uses St. Florian Stiftsbibliothek Cod. XI. 549 as the base text for his edition. Both manuscript witnesses of the Libellus are integrated into the frame of the German Gesta Romanorum, but unlike some of the other Seven Sages/Sieben Weise Meister versions found in the Gesta, this version closely follows the Version A narrative pattern. The exception to this is the inclusion of the story Mercator in place of Puteus, and a slight reordering of the stories (the order of Gaza and Senescalcus, which are usually stories 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 Latin Allegatio/Libellus text - the source for the German version - 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.

General Information

Language within Version

German Version A

Parent Versions

A (Seven Sages)

Child Versions

Title

Allegatio Septem Sapientum (or, Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus)

Branch of the tradition

Seven Sages of Rome

Language & Composition

Language of version

German (High and Low German)

Translated into (languages)

Bairisch, Bairisch-Österreichisch

Date of Composition

1401 - 1453

Source for date of composition

Steinmetz (1997)

Literature & Editions

Modern research literature

Steinmetz (1997), Gerdes (1992), 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

Connected Prints

	Has Language	Has Location	Has Sort Date Of Print

Adaptations

Adapted from (version)

Latin Version A

Source for composition and adaptation information

Steinmetz (1997)

Languages in Use

Regional or specific language of version

Bairisch

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

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Connected Manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Location	Has Date Range Of Production
St. Florian Stiftsbibliothek Cod. XI 92 B	German (High and Low German)	St. Florian, Stiftsbibliothek	1453