Latin Version A: Allegatio/Libellus

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The version of the Seven Sages narrative titled either Allegatio Septem Sapientum, or Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus, found in one fourteenth-century Latin manuscript and later translated into German, broadly follows the pattern established by the Version A tradition. The stories contained here match closely with other Version A texts, with the exception of the sixth story, Mercator, which has replaced Puteus. Additionally, usual order of Gaza and Senescalcus (usually 5 and 7, respectively) is here reversed.

Steinmetz's 1997 edition with the Latin text and the 15th century German translation in parallel offers a useful introduction to the way this text follows and - occasionally - diverges from similar and contemporary versions of the Seven Sages.

General Information
Language within Version
Narrative / Scholarly Group
Parent Versions	A (Seven Sages)
Child Versions	Latin Version A: Allegatio / Libellus
Author
Title	Allegatio Septem Sapientum (or, Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus)
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages	Latin Version A
Version Number
Branch of the tradition	West

Language & Composition
Original language of version	Latin
Translated into (languages)	German (High and Low German), Bairisch, Bairisch-Österreichisch
Place of composition	Northern Italy
Date of composition	1301 - 1400
Source for date of composition	Steinmetz (1997), Gerdes (1989)

Literature & Editions
Modern research literature	Gerdes (1989), Steinmetz (1997)
Modern Editions	Steinmetz, Der 'Libellus muliebri nequitia plenus' (1997)

Recorded branch of this secondary version

A (Seven Sages) Dutch Version A Dutch Verse Version: Van den seven vroeden van binnen Rome French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages Group U Group V Group W Group X Group Y Group Z Gaelic Version A German Version A: Allegatio/Libellus Italian Version A Italian Prose (V) Libro dei Sette Savj (A) Storia favolosa di Stefano (S) Latin Version A Latin Version A: Allegatio / Libellus Middle English Version A Midland Version Y Group Northern English Southern English Old Swedish Version A: Sju vise mästare Old Swedish Redaction A Old Swedish Redaction B Older Scots Version A: Buke of the Sevyne Sagis Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein Early Modern and Modern Welsh Version A Middle Welsh Version A

Connected prints
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Adaptations
Adapted from (version)	A (Seven Sages)
Adapted into (version)	German Version A
Source for composition and adaptation information	Steinmetz (1997), Gerdes (1989), Gerdes (1992)

Languages in Use
Language of text	Latin
Regional or specific language of version

Notes
Note
Notes on motifs
Notes on the frame

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 First Master   Aper – The Boar and the Fruit 3 Empress   Medicus – The Doctor 4 Second Master   Gaza – The Treasure 5 Empress   Puteus – The Well 6 Third Master   Senescalcus – The Seneschal 7 Empress   Tentamina – The Test 8 Fourth Master   Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels 9 Empress   Avis – The Bird 10 Fifth Master   Sapientes – The Wise Men 11 Empress   Vidua – The Widow 12 Sixth Master   Roma – Rome Beseiged 13 Empress   Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife 14 Seventh Master   Copy Embedded Stories Copy Embedded Stories × Select Target Page: Close Process

Connected manuscripts
Manuscript Language Location Date of Production Chantilly Musée Condé MS 683 Latin Bibliothèque et archives du Château de Chantilly (Musée Condé) 1301 - 1400 Dublin Trinity College Library Ms 667 Latin Dublin, Trinity College Library 1450 - 1500 Uppsala Universitetsbiblioteket Cod. C 7 Latin Uppsala, Universitetsbiblioteket 1401 - 1450