Group A: Sjö meistara saga

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Group A (designation Seelow 1989: 201) consists of those mansucripts that include a translation of the whole De syv vise Mestre (Danish Version H) from the Danske folkebøger or fragments of such a translation. The oldest extant manuscript dates back to the early 17^th century (see Reykjavík The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies AM 600 d 4to).

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General Information

Language within Version

Icelandic

Narrative / Scholarly Group

Icelandic Prose: Sjö meistara saga

Parent Versions

Icelandic Prose: Sjö meistara saga

Branch of the tradition

Seven Sages of Rome

Literature & Editions

Modern research literature

Seelow (1989)

Recorded Branch of This Secondary Version

• H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
  • Czech Version H: Kronika sedmi mudrců
  • Danish Version H
  • Dutch Version H
    • Dutch Prints (H)
    • Dutch Prose Version H
  • English Version H
    • English Prints (H)
      • Conyers Version
      • Pynson Version
  • French Version H
  • German Version H
    • Aventewr von Diocleciano
    • German Prints (H)
    • Hystorij von Diocleciano
    • Prosafassung / Prose Version
      • Redaction A
      • Redaction B
      • Redaction C
      • Redaction D
      • Redaction E
      • Redaction F
      • Redaction G
    • Versfassung / Verse Version
      • Anonymous Verse Version
      • Bühnenfassung / Stage adaptation: Sebastian Wild, Tragedj
      • Hans von Bühel, Dyocletianus Leben
  • Hungarian Version H: Pontianus tsaszar historiaia
    • Hungarian Prints
  • Icelandic Version H
    • Icelandic Prose: Sjö meistara saga
      • Group A: Sjö meistara saga
      • Group B: Alexander og Lúðvík
    • Icelandic Verse: Sjö meistara saga
      • Group C: Rímur
      • Group D: Vinaspegill
  • Latin Version H
    • Excerpts in Gesta Romanorum
      • Continental Group w
      • Continental Group x
      • Insular Group u
    • Group I
    • Group II
    • Group III
    • Group IV
    • Lost Latin Version H Manuscripts
  • Polish Version H
  • Scots Version H: Rolland, Seuin Seages
    • Scots Prints (H)
  • Spanish Version H: Los Siete Sabios de Roma
    • Spanish Prints (H)
  • Swedish Version H: Sju vise mästare
    • Old Swedish Redaction C
    • Swedish Prints (H)
  • Yiddish Version H
    • Yiddish Version H Manuscripts
    • Yiddish Version H Prints

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Adaptations

Adapted from (version)

Danish Version H

Source for composition and adaptation information

Seelow (1989)

Connected Manuscripts

	Has Language	Has Location	Has Date Range Of Production
London British Library BL Add 11,158	Icelandic	London, British Library	1700 - 1800
London British Library BL Add 4884	Icelandic	London, British Library	1700 - 1800
Lund Universitetsbibliotek LUB 4to 4	Icelandic	Lund, Universitetsbibliotek	1725 - 1772
Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, JS 251 4to	Icelandic	Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn	1700 - 1800
Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 1137 8vo	Icelandic	Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn	1800 - 1900
Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 1352 8vo	Icelandic	Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn	1860 (circa)
Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 1541 4to	Icelandic	Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn	around 1750
Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 221 fol	Icelandic	Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn	1819 - 1832
Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 468 4to	Icelandic	Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn	1853 - 1857
Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 677 4to	Icelandic	Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn	1817
Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 896 4to	Icelandic	Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn	1756 - 1777