Corpus Delicti

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AdulteryAge versus youthAnimal taleDogDeathDeath of husbandDeceitful womanFoolish old manGullible (would-be) loverLesson: women’s cleverness and deceitMarriageMultiple loversOld manMurderDisposal of corpse

The young wife of an elderly Modenese man convinces her lover to murder her husband. They bury the body together outside of the city walls, where the man's dog discovers it.

Adapted from Wikeley (1983) by Ava Byrne.

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Corpus Delicti appears in the following versions and secondary versions
Version Original Language Branch of Tradition Adapted from Erasto (Es) Italian Seven Sages of Rome L'Amabile di Continentia (Em) L'Amabile di Continentia (Em) Italian Seven Sages of Rome Mario Teluccini, Erasto in verse Italian Seven Sages of Rome Erasto (Es)

Corpus Delicti is narrated in the following occurrences
Narrator Pages Agato Erasto (Es), L'Amabile di Continentia (Em), Mario Teluccini, Erasto in verse, Mario Teluccini, Erasto. Pesaro: Girolamo Concordia, 1566., Parma Biblioteca Palatina Parm. 01391

Corpus Delicti appears in the following manuscripts
Manuscript Language Siglum (Version) Language Group within Version Parma Biblioteca Palatina Parm. 01391 Italian I (Versio Italico)