K (Sept Sages de Rome)

The Old French Version K is one of the oldest redactions of the Roman des Sept Sages de Rome. Like versions D (Sept Sages de Rome) and C (Sept Sages de Rome), Version K is presumed to have originated from a (now lost) verse version, which Gaston Paris called Version V. It is

Identification and general Information
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Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages	K (Sept Sages de Rome)
Title	Roman des Sept Sages
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Tradition and Lineage
Branch of the tradition	West
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Recorded secondary versions
K (Sept Sages de Rome)

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Language and Composition
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Place of composition
Date of composition	1155 - 1190
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Modern Scholarship and Editions
Modern research literature	Speer (1983), Foehr-Janssens (1994), Speer (1987)
Modern Editions	Misrahi, Le Roman des Sept Sages (1933), Speer, Le Roman des Sept Sages de Rome (1989)

Notes and Commentary
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Pattern of embedded stories in this version

Has Short Title	Has Sequence Number	Has Narrator	Has Name Variation
Arbor – The Tree	1	Empress
Canis – The Faithful Dog	2	Bancillas
Senescalcus – The Seneschal	3	Empress
Medicus – The Doctor	4	Ausire
Aper – The Boar and the Fruit	5	Empress
Puteus – The Well	6	Malquidras
Roma – Rome Beseiged	7	Empress
Tentamina – The Test	8	Lentulus	Gentullus
Gaza – The Treasure	9	Empress
Avis – The Bird	10	Cato	Cathon
Sapientes – The Wise Men	11	Empress
Vidua – The Widow	12	Jesse
Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels	13	Empress
Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife	14	Berous

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