S (Scala Coeli)

Identification & General Information

Title

Scala Celi

Tradition & Lineage

Branch of the tradition

West

Adapted from (version)

(Lost) Liber de Septem Sapientibus

Recorded Secondary Versions

S (Scala Coeli)
- Latin Version S
  - Latin Version S Manuscripts
- Spanish Version S: Diego de Cañizares, Scala Çeli

Connected Manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Location	Has Date Range Of Production
Avignon Bibliothèque municipale Ceccano, Ms 335	Latin	Avignon, Bibliothèque municipale Ceccano	1450 - 1500
Braunschweig Stadtbibliothek 10	Latin	Braunschweig, Stadtbibliothek	1452
Brugge Bibliotheek Ms. 494	Latin	Brugge, Bibliotheek Brugge	1401 - 1500
Burgo de Osma Biblioteca Capitular Ms. 57	Latin	Burgo de Osma, Archivo Capitular de Osma-Soria	1401 - 1500
Città del Vaticano Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Cod. Pal. Lat. 862	Latin	Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana	1401 - 1500
Dublin Trinity College Library Ms 128	Latin	Dublin, Trinity College Library	1401 - 1500
Göttingen Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Theol. 140	Latin	Göttingen, Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek	1401 - 1500
Kraków Biblioteka Jagiellońska 1410	Latin	Kraków, Biblioteka Jagiellońska	1401 - 1500
Liège Bibliothèque Université Ms 101	Latin	Liège, Université de Liège Bibliothèque	1459
Lüneburg Ratsbücherei Theol. 4° 8	Latin	Lüneburg, Ratsbücherei Lüneburg	1377
Madrid Biblioteca Nacional de España 6052 (ant. Q.224)	Spanish	Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España	1490 - 1500

Language & Composition

Translated into (languages)

Latin, Spanish

Date of Composition

Pattern of Embedded Stories in This Version

Has Short Title	Has Sequence Number	Has Narrator
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
Tentamina – The Test	6	Third Master
Senescalcus – The Seneschal	7	Empress
Puteus – The Well	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
Filia	13	Empress
Noverca – The Stepmother	14	Seventh Master

S is noteworthy because of its brevity; Campbell (1904) observes that it is 'much compressed', though 'not substantially altered'. No names given for the sages or the prince; the Emperor is named Diocletian.

In this version, as in version L, the stories 'Filia' and 'Noverca' substitute for 'Roma' and 'Inclusa.'