Aventewr von Diocleciano
The German text titled Aventewr von Diocleciano is found in eight surviving manuscripts, and was likely composed in the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century. Like most of the other German Seven Sages/Sieben Weise Meister texts, it is contained within the broader frame of the Gesta Romanorum tale collection (GR redaction B, by Gerdes' designation). Like the Hystorij von Diocleciano, the narrative pattern of the Aventewr derives from the Historia Septem Sapientum tradition, but it diverges halfway through the text. It contains only thirteen, rather than the expected fifteen embedded stories, several of which are anomalous: Lepus, Nasus praemorsus, Praeceptum galli, Thesaurus in puteo, and Voluptaria. These stories appear nowhere else in the Seven Sages tradition.
General Information
Language & Composition
Literature & Editions
Recorded Branch of This Secondary Version
- H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
- Armenian Version H
- Czech Version H: Kronika sedmi mudrců
- Danish Version H
- Dutch Version H
- English Version H
- French Version H
- German Version H
- Hungarian Version H: Pontianus tsaszar historiaia
- Icelandic Version H
- Latin Version H
- Lithuanian Version H
- Polish Version H
- Russian Version H
- Scots Version H: Rolland, Seuin Seages
- Spanish Version H: Los Siete Sabios de Roma
- Swedish Version H: Sju vise mästare
- Yiddish Version H
Adaptations
Pattern of Embedded Stories in This Version
| Has Short Title | Has Sequence Number | Has Narrator | Has Name Variation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canis – The Faithful Dog | 1 | Bancillas | Cantillus |
| Aper – The Boar and the Fruit | 2 | Empress | |
| Puteus – The Well | 3 | Lentulus | |
| Gaza – The Treasure | 4 | Empress | |
| Avis – The Bird | 5 | Cato | Katho |
| Lepus | 6 | Empress | |
| Medicus – The Doctor | 7 | Waldach | |
| Nasus praemorsus | 8 | Empress | |
| Tentamina – The Test | 9 | Josephas | |
| Sapientes – The Wise Men | 10 | Empress | |
| Praeceptum galli | 11 | Cleophas | |
| Thesaurus in puteo | 12 | Empress |
Connected Manuscripts