Latin Version A
From The Seven Sages of Rome
The version of the Seven Sages narrative titled the Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus, found in one fourteenth-century Latin manuscript and later translated into German, broadly follows the pattern established by the Version A tradition. The stories contained here match closely with other Version A texts, with the exception of the sixth story, Mercator, which has replaced Puteus. Additionally, usual order of Gaza and Senescalcus (usually 5 and 7, respectively) is here reversed.
Steinmetz's 1997 edition with the Latin text and the 15th century German translation in parallel offers a useful introduction to the way this text follows and - occasionally - diverges from similar and contemporary versions of the Seven Sages.
General Information
Parent Versions
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages
Branch of the tradition
Language & Composition
Translated into (languages)
Place of composition
Date of Composition
1301 - 1400
Source for date of composition
Literature & Editions
Modern research literature
Modern Editions
Recorded Branch of This Secondary Version
- 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
Adaptations
Adapted from (version)
Adapted into (version)
Source for composition and adaptation information
Pattern of Embedded Stories in This Version
Connected Manuscripts
| Has Language | Has Location | Has Date Range Of Production | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chantilly Musée Condé MS 683 | Latin | Bibliothèque et archives du Château de Chantilly (Musée Condé) | 1301 - 1400 |
| Dublin Trinity College Library Ms 667 | Latin | Dublin, Trinity College Library | 1450 - 1500 |
| München Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Clm 22378 | Latin | München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek | 1462 |