Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)

The Latin iteration of the Italian Version I pattern, usually referred to in scholarship as 'L', presumably derived from a lost version of Latin Version I, with a French Version A text as a distant, orginal source.

Versio Italica (L) is one of the three 'antique' branches of the Version I pattern, along with

and the and is one of the oldest.

Recorded Secondary Versions

I (Versio Italico)

Connected Manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Location	Has Date Range Of Production
London British Library Additional MS 15685	Latin	London, British Library	1375 - 1425
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. Lat. 11726	Latin	Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek	1447
Vienna Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 3332	Latin	Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek	1401 - 1500

Modern Scholarship & Editions

Modern research literature

Fischer (1902), Campbell (1907), Murko (1890), Mussafia (1867), D'Agostino (2022), D'Ancona (1864), Bianchi (2014-2015)

Modern Editions

Fischer, Beiträge zur Litteratur der Sieben weisen Meister (1902)

Pattern of Embedded Stories in This Version

Has Short Title	Has Sequence Number	Has Narrator
Canis – The Faithful Dog	1	First Master
Arbor – The Tree	2	Empress
Medicus – The Doctor	3	Second Master
Aper – The Boar and the Fruit	4	Empress
Tentamina – The Test	5	Third Master
Sapientes – The Wise Men	6	Empress
Avis – The Bird	7	Fourth Master
Gaza – The Treasure	8	Empress
Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife	9	Fifth Master
Roma – Rome Besieged	10	Empress
Vidua – The Widow	11	Sixth Master
Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels	12	Empress
Puteus – The Well	13	Seventh Master