H (Historia Septem Sapientum)

Identification and general Information
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages	H
Title	Historia Septem Sapientum Romae
Author

Tradition and Lineage
Branch of the tradition	West
Adapted from (version)	A (Seven Sages)
Adapted into (version)
Source for composition and adaptation information

Recorded secondary versions
H (Historia Septem Sapientum) Czech Version H: Kronika sedmi mudrců Danish Version H Dutch Version H Dutch Prints (H) Dutch Prose Version H English Version H English Prints (H) Conyers Version Pynson Version French Version H German Version H Aventewr von Diocleciano German Prints (H) Hystorij von Diocleciano 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: Pontianus tsaszar historiaia Hungarian Prints 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 Scots Prints (H) Spanish Version H: Los Siete Sabios de Roma Spanish Prints (H) Swedish Version H: Sju vise mästare Old Swedish Redaction C Swedish Prints (H) Yiddish Version H

Connected manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Location	Has Date Range Of Production
Admont Stiftsbibliothek Cod. 101a	Latin	Admont, Stiftsbibliothek	before 1380
Admont Stiftsbibliothek Cod. 163	Latin	Admont, Stiftsbibliothek	1410 - 1414
Admont Stiftsbibliothek Cod. 362	Latin	Admont, Stiftsbibliothek	1375
Admont Stiftsbibliothek Cod. 652	Latin	Admont, Stiftsbibliothek	1441
Alba Iulia Biblioteca Batthyaneum R II 75	Latin	Alba Iulia, Biblioteca Batthyaneum	1425/1450
Ansbach Staatliche Bibliothek (Schlossbibliothek) Ms. lat. 65	Latin	Ansbach, Staatliche Bibliothek (Schlossbibliothek)	1387
Augsburg Universitätsbibliothek Cod. I. 2. 2° 22	Latin	Augsburg, Universitätsbibliothek	1459
Augsburg Universitätsbibliothek Cod. II. i. 2° 30	Latin	Augsburg, Universitätsbibliothek	1427 - 1430
Augsburg Universitätsbibliothek Cod. II. i. 4º 70	Latin	Augsburg, Universitätsbibliothek	1400/1425
Augsburg Universitätsbibliothek Cod. II. i. 4º 70 (excerpts within Gesta Romanorum)	Latin	Augsburg, Universitätsbibliothek	1400 - 1425
Augsburg Universitätsbibliothek Cod. II. i. 4º i	Latin	Augsburg, Universitätsbibliothek	1455

Language and Composition
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Translated into (languages)	Armenian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German (High and Low German), Hungarian, Icelandic, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Czech
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Modern Scholarship and Editions
Modern research literature	Gerdes (1992), Gerdes (2004), Roth (2003), Roth (2008), Schmitz (1904), Campbell (1907), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014)
Modern Editions

Notes and Commentary
Note	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.

Pattern of embedded stories in this version

Has Short Title	Has Sequence Number	Has Narrator
Arbor – The Tree	1	Empress
Canis – The Faithful Dog	2	Bancillas
Aper – The Boar and the Fruit	3	Empress
Puteus – The Well	4	Lentulus
Gaza – The Treasure	5	Empress
Avis – The Bird	6	Cato
Sapientes – The Wise Men	7	Empress
Tentamina – The Test	8	Malquidras
Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels	9	Empress
Medicus – The Doctor	10	Josephas
Senescalcus and Roma – The Steward, and Rome Beseiged	11	Empress
Amatores – The Three Lovers	12	Cleophas
Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife	13	Empress
Vidua – The Widow	14	Joachim

Connected prints

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