Early Modern and Modern Welsh Version A

The several early modern and modern manuscripts of the Ystori Saith Doethion Rufain listed here are discussed primarily by Henry Lewis in his prologues to his two editions of the text (Lewis, Y Seithwyr Doethion (1925), an edition of the earliest post-medieval text from 1527, and Lewis, Modern Welsh Versions (1929), an edition of a later 16th century manuscript).

General Information
Language within Version
Narrative / Scholarly Group
Parent Versions	Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein
Child Versions
Author
Title	Ystori Saith Doethion Rufain
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages	A (Seven Sages)
Version Number
Branch of the tradition	West

Language & Composition
Original language of version	Welsh
Translated into (languages)
Place of composition	Wales, UK
Date of composition	1500 - 1525
Source for date of composition

Literature & Editions
Modern research literature	Lewis (1925), Lewis (1929), Lewis (1925, 1958, 1967), Evans (1903), Evans (1905)
Modern Editions	Lewis, Modern Welsh Versions (1929), Lewis, Y Seithwyr Doethion (1925)

Recorded branch of this secondary version
A (Seven Sages) 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 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)	Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein
Adapted into (version)
Source for composition and adaptation information	Lewis (1925)

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

Pattern of embedded stories in this version

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