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 and 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 information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Seelow (1989)

Languages
Language of text	Icelandic
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions

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

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production	1700 - 1723
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Seelow (1989)

Physical Description
Material	Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	16
Height	190
Width	165
Script style/form	Kurrent
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	No

Contents and 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 and 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

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript