I (Versio Italico)

The Italian branch of the Seven Sages is usually reffered to as Version I, or the Versio Italico, in scholarship, and the texts are often titled Il Libro dei Sette Savi di Roma. This is an umbrella version used to refer to a group of six different Italian redactions. While the Version I pattern is assumed to stem originally from the Version A tradition, the Versio Italico versions evolved sepately from the Italian Version A texts. The Italian witness to the Seven Sages tradition are therefore split into two distinct groups.

Within the Versio Italico branch, the six redactions are often split into distinct sub-groups. They are:

The 'rama antico', or old branch of Version I:

Identification and general Information
Reference Number
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages	I (Versio Italico)
Version Number
Title	Versio Italico
Author

Tradition and Lineage
Branch of the tradition	Seven Sages of Rome
Adapted from (version)	A (Seven Sages), French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages
Adapted into (version)	Storia di Stefano, L'Amabile di Continentia, Erasto, Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L), Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C), Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M)
Source for composition and adaptation information

Recorded secondary versions
I (Versio Italico) Erasto (Es) English Erasto French Erasto Mario Teluccini, Erasto in verse Il Libro dei Sette Savi de Roma (C) L'Amabile di Continentia (Em) Storia d'una Crudele Matrigna (M) Storia di Stefano (R) Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)

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Language and Composition
Original language of version
Language of text	Italian
Regional or specific language of version	Veneto, Toscano
Translated into (languages)
Place of composition	Northern Italy
Date of composition	1250 - 1400
Islamic date of composition
Hebrew date of composition
Source for date of composition

Modern Scholarship and Editions
Modern research literature
Modern Editions

Notes and Commentary
Note
Notes on motifs
Notes on the frame

Pattern of embedded stories in this version

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

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