Vaticinium and Amici

Critical Literature

No critical literature available

The inset story appears in the following manuscripts

Manuscript	Language	Siglum (Version)	Language Group within Version
Brno Moravská knihovna RKP-0048.042 (Rkp 84)	Bairisch	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)	German Version H
Colmar Bibliothèque Municipale Ms. 55	Elsässisch	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)	German Version H
Erlangen Universitätsbibliothek Ms. B 11	Bairisch Oberdeutsch-Bairisch	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)	German Version H

The inset story appears in the following versions and secondary versions

Version	Original Language	Branch of Tradition	Adapted from
H (Historia Septem Sapientum)	Latin	West	A (Seven Sages)

The Prophesy, and the Faithful Friend

This story combines an existing story - Vaticinium - with the popular narrative of the faithful friend, often referred to as Amici or, in the case of the Middle English romance narrative, Amis and Amiloun.

The first part of the story follows the Vaticinium pattern: