Latin Version A: De Septem Sapientibus

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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. The manuscripts usually titled De Septem Sapientibus include the fifteenth-century Trinity College Dublin text and the Uppsala Universitetsbiblioteket Cod. C 7, closely replicate the pattern as established in the French Version A. Greene notes the parallels between the Trinity manuscript witness in particular, 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 Latin version may be a source for the Gaelic Version A. See Green (1944).

General Information

Parent Versions

Latin Version A

Branch of the tradition

Seven Sages of Rome

Language & Composition

Language of version

Latin

Date of Composition

1350 - 1450

Literature & Editions

Modern research literature

Greene (1944)

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
    • 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

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

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Connected Manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Location	Has Date Range Of Production
Dublin Trinity College Library Ms 667	Latin	Dublin, Trinity College Library	1450 - 1500