Dutch Version A

The only extant textual witness of the Dutch Version A - as of yet - is a manuscript from the 2nd quarter of the 14th century which contains a verse adaptation of the French Prose Version A (see Schlusemann 2025: 5), but an earlier reference to the VII vroede te Rome attests a circulation of a Dutch Version already within the 13th century (see Schlusemann 2025: 2). Another indicator are linguistic features that argue for an origin within the 2nd half of the 13th century (see Schlusemann 2023a: 123).

[Added by Elisabeth Böttcher]

General Information
Language within Version	Dutch
Narrative / Scholarly Group
Parent Versions	A (Seven Sages)
Child Versions	Dutch Verse Version: Van den seven vroeden van binnen Rome
Author
Title
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages
Branch of the tradition	Seven Sages of Rome

Language & Composition
Language of version	Dutch
Translated into (languages)
Place of composition
Date of composition	1250 - 1300
Source for date of composition	Schlusemann (2023a)

Literature & Editions
Modern research literature	Schlusemann (2025), Schlusemann (2023a)
Modern Editions

Recorded branch of this secondary version
A (Seven Sages) Dutch Version A Dutch Verse Version: Van den seven vroeden van binnen Rome French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages Group U Group V Group W Group X Group Y Group Z Gaelic Version A German Version A: Allegatio/Libellus Italian Version A Italian Prose (V) Libro dei Sette Savj (A) Storia favolosa di Stefano (S) Latin Version A Latin Version A: Allegatio / Libellus Middle English Version A Midland Version Y Group Northern English Southern English Old Swedish Version A: Sju vise mästare Old Swedish Redaction A Old Swedish Redaction B Older Scots Version A: Buke of the Sevyne Sagis Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein Early Modern and Modern Welsh Version A Middle Welsh Version A

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Adaptations
Adapted from (version)	French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages
Adapted into (version)
Source for composition and adaptation information

Languages in Use
Language of text	Dutch
Regional or specific language of version

Notes
Note
Notes on motifs

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	Banxillas	Bancillas
Aper – The Boar and the Fruit	3	Empress
Medicus – The Doctor	4	Anxilles
Gaza – The Treasure	5	Empress
Puteus – The Well	6	Tintillus
Senescalcus – The Seneschal	7	Empress
Tentamina – The Test	8	Malequidart
Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels	9	Empress
Avis – The Bird	10	Catoen	Caton
Sapientes – The Wise Men	11	Empress
Vidua – The Widow	12	Jesse
Roma – Rome Beseiged	13	Empress
Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife	14	Mauras

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