H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
From Seven Sages of Rome
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| Title | Historia Septem Sapientum Romae |
| Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages | H |
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| Branch of the tradition | West |
| Adapted from (version) | A (Seven Sages) |
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| Original language of version | Latin |
| Translated into (languages) | Armenian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German (High and Low German), Hungarian, Icelandic, Polish, Russian, Swedish |
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| Modern research literature | Gerdes (1992), Gerdes (2004), Roth (2003), Roth (2008), Schmitz (1904) |
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Recorded secondary versions
Pattern of embedded stories in this version
| Short Story | Sequence Number | Narrator | Name Variations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbor | 1 | Empress | |
| Canis | 2 | Bancillas | |
| Aper | 3 | Empress | |
| Puteus | 4 | Lentulus | |
| Gaza | 5 | Empress | |
| Avis | 6 | Cato | |
| Sapientes | 7 | Empress | |
| Tentamina | 8 | Malquidras | |
| Virgilius | 9 | Empress | |
| Medicus | 10 | Josephas | |
| Senescalcus and Roma | 11 | Empress | |
| Amatores | 12 | Cleophas | |
| Inclusa | 13 | Empress | |
| Vidua | 14 | Joachim | |
| Vaticinium and Amici | 15 | Prince |
Connected manuscripts
Many versions of the Historia (in particular, the prose German versions of the text that Gerdes terms Prosafassung/Redaction B) are included within the text of the Gesta Romanorum. Gaston Paris suggested that this might account for the emperor's name in Version H: the emperor is called 'Poncianus' rather than 'Diocletianus', perhaps because the Gesta Romanorum already includes the story of an emperor Diocletian.
