Jean, de Haute-Seille, active 1184-1212
Cistercian monk who lived at the Abbey of Haute-Seille in the late 12th century. He wrote a version of the story of the Seven Wise Masters in Latin prose entitled De rege et septem sapientibus (On the King and the Seven Sages), but better known by the title it was later given, Dolopathos.
- HMML ID
- 882255931899
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- LC name
- Jean, de Haute-Seille, active 1184-1212
- HMML name
- Jean, de Haute-Seille, active 1184-1212
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
Variants
- Jean de Haute-Seille
- Jean de Hauteseille
- Jean, de Hauteseille
- Joannes de Alta Silva
- Joannes, de Alta Silva
- Johannes de Alta Silva
- Johannes, de Alta Silva
- Johannis de Alta Silva
- Johannis, de Alta Silva
Name elements
- Given names
- Johannes
Personal information
- Activity start
- 1184
- Activity end
- 1212
- Centuries
- 12th century CE ● 13th century CE
- Gender
- Males
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- Associated places
- Occupations
- Fields of activity
- Languages
Affiliations
- Affiliation
General notes
- Description
- Latin romance by the monk Jean de Haute Seille (Johannes de Alta Silva)
- Citations
- Kate Watkins Tibbals, "Elements of Magic in the Romance of William of Palerne," Modern Philology 1, no. 3 (1904): 367, n. 2, https://www.jstor.org/stable/432556.
- Description
- Author of the Latin version of Dolopathos; Cistercian monk
- Citations
- "Jean de Haute-Seille," CERL Thesaurus, accessed August 8, 2023, https://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01317551.
- Citations
- 13069, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed August 8, 2023, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/13472.
Preferred citation
"Jean, de Haute-Seille, active 1184-1212." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified August 08, 2023. https://w3id.org/haf/person/882255931899
Change notes
- Date added
- 2023-03-21
- Last edited
- 2023-08-08