Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, ÍB 230 4to

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number IcelandicVersion10
Location Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn
Siglum/Shelfmark ÍB 230 4to
Page/Folio range
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Sjö meistara saga
Incipit or textual title Saga af Pontianus keisara og 7 vísum 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 c. 2.
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 first folio got replaced in the 19th century; the title is Saga af Pontianus keisara og 7 vísum meisurum (see Seelow 1989, p. 207)
  • the text is very similar to London British Library BL Add 4884 (see Seelow 1989, p. 207)
Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Iceland
Date of Manuscript Production 1700 - 1800
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Seelow (1989)
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 236
Height 188
Width 163
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
  1. Sögur Persakonunga
  2. Ármanns saga
  3. Saga af Pontianus keisara og 7 vísum meisturum
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue Handrit: https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0230
Modern Research Literature Seelow (1989)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript