Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, ÍB 144 4to

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	IcelandicVersion12
Location	Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn
Siglum/Shelfmark	ÍB 144 4to
Page/Folio range	111r-178v

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Pontanus saga Persakonungs
Incipit or textual title	„Sagan af Pontiano, hans syni Diocletiano og þeim sjö meisturum“
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 A
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)	Text e. 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	handrit.is: https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0144
Modern Editions

Note
54 numbered chapters contains no illustrations but a very elaborate titlepage (fol. 111r) and first chapter heading (fol. 112r); there are also some "doodles" or ornamental elements added in the margins (possibly by another hand) on fol. 151v and 152v

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production	Iceland
Date of Manuscript Production	1750 - 1800
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Seelow (1989)

Physical Description
Material	Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	245
Height	190
Width	150
Script style/form
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	1r-27v: Samsons saga fagra 28r-64v: Sörla sterka 65r-110v: Göngu-Hrólfs saga 111r-178v: Pontanus saga Persakonungs 179r-195v: Blómsturvalla saga 196r-245v: Mágus saga

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	Handrit: https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0144
Modern Research Literature	Seelow (1989)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript