Latin Version A: De Septem Sapientibus: Difference between revisions

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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 Greene (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)

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

Connected Manuscripts

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

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+|Has Description=There are a handful of different Latin versions of the ''Seven Sages'' narrative that follow the pattern of stories are found in [[A (Seven Sages)|Version A]]. The manuscripts usually titled ''De Septem Sapientibus'' include the fifteenth-century [[Dublin Trinity College Library Ms 667|Trinity College Dublin text]] and the [[Uppsala Universitetsbiblioteket Cod. C 7]], closely replicate the pattern as established in the [[French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages|French Version A]]. Greene notes the parallels between the Trinity manuscript witness in particular, and the (much later) [[Scots Gaelic Version A|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 [[Greene (1944)]].
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 |Has Branch Of Tradition=Seven Sages of Rome