Storia favolosa di Stefano (S)
From The Seven Sages of Rome
The Storia favolosa di Stefano represents one of the three Italian redactions of Version A - or, as Cesari (1896) puts it, the versione francese italica (p. XLV). The Storia
Tradition & Lineage
Branch of the tradition
Recorded Secondary Versions
- A (Seven Sages)
- Dutch Version A
- French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages
- Gaelic Version A
- German Version A: Allegatio/Libellus
- Italian Version A
- Latin Version A
- Middle English Version A
- Old Swedish Version A: Sju vise mästare
- Older Scots Version A: Buke of the Sevyne Sagis
- Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein
Connected Manuscripts
Modern Scholarship & Editions
Modern research literature
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 | Benzilas |
| Aper – The Boar and the Fruit | 3 | Empress | |
| Medicus – The Doctor | 4 | Anxilles | Ansiles |
| Gaza – The Treasure | 5 | Empress | |
| Mercator | 6 | Lentulus | Letelus |
| Senescalcus – The Seneschal | 7 | Empress | |
| Tentamina – The Test | 8 | Malquidras | Malchidas |
| Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels | 9 | Empress | |
| Avis – The Bird | 10 | Cato | Chato |
| Sapientes – The Wise Men | 11 | Empress | |
| Vidua – The Widow | 12 | Jesse | Pesem |
| Roma – Rome Besieged | 13 | Empress | |
| Puteus – The Well | 14 | Arcius | Araus |