Versfassung / Verse Version
From The Seven Sages of Rome
The Sieben weise Meister, the German redaction of the Historia Septem Sapientum, was adapted into two distinct fiftheen-century verse versions. The poem by Hans von Bühel, titled Dyocletianus Leben, surives in only one manuscript; the anonymous verse version survives in four manuscripts. Like the contemporary German Prosafassung / Prose Version, the verse versions follow the Version H narrative pattern, though they often contain less detailed description and moralisation than their prose counterparts.
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Recorded Branch of This Secondary Version
- H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
- Armenian Version H
- Czech Version H: Kronika sedmi mudrců
- Danish Version H
- Dutch Version H
- English Version H
- French Version H
- German Version H
- Hungarian Version H: Pontianus tsaszar historiaia
- Icelandic Version H
- Latin Version H
- Lithuanian Version H
- Polish Version H
- Russian Version H
- Scots Version H: Rolland, Seuin Seages
- Spanish Version H: Los Siete Sabios de Roma
- Swedish Version H: Sju vise mästare
- Yiddish Version H
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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 | Bancillas | Bacillas, Vontillus, Bantzillas |
| Aper – The Boar and the Fruit | 3 | Empress | |
| Puteus – The Well | 4 | Lentulus | Lenculus |
| Gaza – The Treasure | 5 | Empress | |
| Avis – The Bird | 6 | Cato | Katho, Catho, Chatho |
| Sapientes – The Wise Men | 7 | Empress | |
| Tentamina – The Test | 8 | Malquidras | Malquindrach, Macilentus, Malqwidrat, Malderach |
| 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 | Cleopfas |
| Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife | 13 | Empress | |
| Vidua – The Widow | 14 | Joachim |