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The Sieben weise Meister, the German redaction of the Historia Septem Sapientum, was adapted into two distinct fiftheen-century verse versions. The poem by Hans von Bühel, titled Dyocletianus Leben, surives in only one manuscript; the anonymous verse version survives in four manuscripts. Like the contemporary German Prosafassung / Prose Version, the verse versions follow the Version H narrative pattern, though they often contain less detailed description and moralisation than some of their prose counterparts.

Several decades later, Sebastian Wild composed his stage adaptation of the narrative, titled Ein schoͤne Tragedj auß dem bůch der siben weysen Maister gezogen (Augsburg, 1566). Like the other, earlier verse versions, Wild's play also follows the Version H narrative pattern, and demonstrates the continued popularity of the Sieben weisen Meister text into the early modern period.

General Information
Language within Version
Narrative / Scholarly Group
Parent Versions	German Version H
Child Versions	Anonymous Verse Version, Bühnenfassung / Stage adaptation: Sebastian Wild, Tragedj, Hans von Bühel, Dyocletianus Leben
Author
Title	Sieben weise Meister
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages	Versfassung / Verse Version
Version Number
Branch of the tradition	West

Language & Composition
Original language of version	German (High and Low German)
Translated into (languages)
Place of composition
Date of composition	1401 - 1450
Source for date of composition	Gerdes (1992)

Literature & Editions
Modern research literature	Gerdes (1992), Gerdes (2004), Kunkel (2023), Gerdes (1981), Keller (1841), Paschke (1891)
Modern Editions	Keller, Dyocletianus Leben (1841), Keller, Altdeutsche Gedichte (1846)

Recorded branch of this secondary version

H (Historia Septem Sapientum) Czech Version H: Kronika sedmi mudrců Danish Version H Dutch Version H English Version H English Prints (H) French Version H German Version H German Prints (H) Prosafassung / Prose Version Redaction A Redaction B Redaction C Redaction D Redaction E Redaction F Redaction G Versfassung / Verse Version Anonymous Verse Version Bühnenfassung / Stage adaptation: Sebastian Wild, Tragedj Hans von Bühel, Dyocletianus Leben Hungarian Version H Icelandic Version H Icelandic Prose: Sjö meistara saga Group A: Sjö meistara saga Group B: Alexander og Lúðvík Icelandic Verse: Sjö meistara saga Group C: Rímur Group D: Vinaspegill Latin Version H Excerpts in Gesta Romanorum Continental Group w Continental Group x Insular Group u Group I Group II Group III Group IV Lost Latin Version H Manuscripts Polish Version H Scots Version H: Rolland, Seuin Seages Spanish Version H: Los Siete Sabios de Roma Spanish Prints (H) Swedish Version H: Sju vise mästare Old Swedish Redaction C Swedish Prints (H)

Connected prints
Print Language Location Date of Print Ein schoͤne Tragedj auß dem bůch der siben weysen Maister gezogen. Augsburg: Mattheus Francke, 1566 German (High and Low German) 1566 JL

Adaptations
Adapted from (version)	German Version H
Adapted into (version)	Anonymous Verse Version, Hans von Bühel, Dyocletianus Leben
Source for composition and adaptation information

Languages in Use
Language of text	German (High and Low German)
Regional or specific language of version

Notes
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Notes on motifs
Notes on the frame

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Connected manuscripts

Manuscript Language Location Date of Production Basel Universitätsbibliothek Cod. O III 14 German (High and Low German) Basel, Universitätsbibliothek 1450 - 1475 Erlangen Universitätsbibliothek Ms. B 11 German (High and Low German) Erlangen, Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg 1476 Frankfurt a. M. Universitätsbibliothek Ms. germ. qu. 12 German (High and Low German) Frankfurt a. M., Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg 1471 Hamburg Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Cod. germ. 1 German (High and Low German) Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek 1454 Karlsruhe Landesbibliothek Cod. Donaueschingen 90 German (High and Low German) Karlsruhe, Landesbibliothek 1452