Hybrid Version A/L

The French texts attached to this version are those that are the subject of scholarly debate as to their placement in either Version A or Version L. These texts bear a range of distinctive differences, varying from text to text, that betray a cross-pollination between the two textual versions. Predominantly, these texts have been critically designated as part of Version A, sometimes including parts of the text copied verbatim from other Version A manuscripts; however, they all include elements that distinguish them from the other A texts, and that bear close similarities to Version L.

Also included in this group are the texts that Runte describes as having sixteen or seventeen stories, but otherwise following the Version A pattern, when those additional stories are those typical for Version L's distinctive pattern (Noverca and Filia). Please see individual manuscript pages for the story-order, as this varies from text to text.

Identification & General Information

Title

Sept Sages de Rome

Tradition & Lineage

Branch of the tradition

Seven Sages of Rome

Adapted from (version)

L (Sept Sages de Rome), A (Seven Sages)

Recorded Secondary Versions

Hybrid Version A/L
- French A/L Overlap

Connected Manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Location	Has Date Range Of Production
Brussel Koninklijke Bibliotheek 9245	Old French	Brussel, Koninklijke Bibliotheek	1300 - 1350
Cambridge University Library MS Gg.6.28	Old French	Cambridge University Library	1275 - 1300
Paris Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 3354	Old French	Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal	1400 - 1500
Paris Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 3516	Old French	Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal	1250 - 1300

Language & Composition

Language of version

Old French

Date of Composition

Modern Scholarship & Editions

Modern research literature

ARLIMA: Les sept sages, Berne-Aïache (1966), Coco (2016), Foehr-Janssens (1994), Le Roux de Lincy (1838), Paris (1876), Runte (1971), Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), Speer (1981), Maulu (2016)

Notes & Commentary

Note

See individual texts for embedded story order.