København Det kongelige Bibliotek Thott 1776 4to

Manuscript Identification

Reference Number

IcelandicVersion19

Location

København, Det kongelige Bibliotek

Siglum / Shelfmark

Thott 1776 4to

Page / Folio range

1r-16r

Textual Content & Tradition

Standardised title of narrative

Sjö meistara saga

Incipit or textual title

Ævintýri af Alexander og Lúðvík

Version (siglum)

H (Historia Septem Sapientum)

Language Group within Version

Icelandic Version H

Narrative / Scholarly Group within Version

Prose: Sjö meistara saga

Further scholarly subgroup (1)

Seelow Group B

Further scholarly subgroup (2)

Text a. 1.

Translated / adapted from (Version/Text)

Danish Version H

Source for textual relationship

Seelow (1989)

Languages

Language of text

Icelandic

Note

the text dates itself: 9 April 1723, and still contains bits of the frame narrative (see Seelow 1989: 212)

Authorship & Production

Date of Production

1700 - 1723

Source of Date of Production

Seelow (1989)

Physical Description

Material

Paper

Total pages / folios

16

Height

190

Width

165

Script style / form

Kurrent

Prose or verse

Prose

Illustrations

No

Contents & Additional Texts

Other texts in the Manuscript

The manuscripts consists of 13 parts and multiple languages:

Part I (Icelandic)

1r-89r: Grettis saga
89r-89r: Verse in honor of Grettir
89v-90r: Tímatöl sögunnar
90v-90v: On Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar

Part II (Icelandic)

1r-16r: Eiríks saga rauða

Part III (Icelandic)

1r-80r: Njáls saga
80v-83v: Register about names and phrases

Part IV (Icelandic)

1r-20r: Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða
21r-45r: Bandamanna saga
45v-79v: Hávarðar saga Ísfirðings
79v-79v: Verse in honor of Hávarður

Part V (Icelandic)

1r-4v: Preface
4v-34r: Tyrkjarans saga

Part VI (Icelandic)

1r-39v: Bandamanna Saga

Part VII (Latin)

1r-18v: Sörla þáttur (Latin)

Part VIII (Icelandic)

1r-18v: Hávarðar saga Ísfirðings
19r-33: Grettis saga (excerpts)

Part IX (Icelandic)

1r-14r: Ævintýri af einum italienskum biskupi

Part X (Icelandic)

1r-70v: Huga saga sterka og Skaplers konungs

Part XI (Icelandic)

1r-16r: Ævintýri af Alexander og Lúðvík

Part XII (Danish)

1r-19v: Krembra saga Gauta konungs (Danish)

Part XIII (Danish)

1r-14r: Fortælling om Kong Aage i Upsala

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue

DKB: https://soeg.kb.dk/permalink/45KBDK_KGL/ou0fj0/alma99122593227005763

Modern Research Literature

Seelow (1989), Stories for all Time: https://fasnl.net/manuscripts/530

Embedded Stories in This Manuscript

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Research Material

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