H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
From Seven Sages of Rome
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| Title | Historia Septem Sapientum Romae |
| Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages | H |
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| Branch of the tradition | West |
| Adapted from (version) | A (Seven Sages) |
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| Original language of version | Latin |
| Translated into (languages) | Armenian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German (High and Low German), Hungarian, Icelandic, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Czech |
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| Modern research literature | Gerdes (1992), Gerdes (2004), Roth (2003), Roth (2008), Schmitz (1904), Campbell (1907), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014) |
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Note
Many versions of the Historia (in particular, the prose German versions of the text that Gerdes terms Prosafassung/Redaction B) are included within the text of the Gesta Romanorum. Gaston Paris suggested that this might account for the emperor's name in Version H: the emperor is called 'Poncianus' rather than 'Diocletianus', perhaps because the Gesta Romanorum already includes the story of an emperor Diocletian.
Recorded secondary versions
Pattern of embedded stories in this version
| Short Story | Sequence Number | Narrator | Name Variations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbor | 1 | Empress | |
| Canis | 2 | Bancillas | |
| Aper | 3 | Empress | |
| Puteus | 4 | Lentulus | |
| Gaza | 5 | Empress | |
| Avis | 6 | Cato | |
| Sapientes | 7 | Empress | |
| Tentamina | 8 | Malquidras | |
| Virgilius | 9 | Empress | |
| Medicus | 10 | Josephas | |
| Senescalcus and Roma | 11 | Empress | |
| Amatores | 12 | Cleophas | |
| Inclusa | 13 | Empress | |
| Vidua | 14 | Joachim | |
| Vaticinium and Amici | 15 | Prince |
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