Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, ÍB 270 8vo

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number IcelandicVersion26
Location Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn
Siglum/Shelfmark ÍB 270 8vo
Page/Folio range 92 fol.
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Sjö meistara saga
Incipit or textual title Rímur af sjö vísu meisturum
Version (siglum) H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
Language Group within Version Icelandic Version H
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version Verse: Sjö meistara saga
Further scholarly subgroup (1) Seelow Group C
Further scholarly subgroup (2) Text a. 3.
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 Rímur cycle Rímur af sjö vísu meisturum consists of 18 Rímur (see Seelow 1989: 214)
  • ending defective
Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author Björn Sturluson
Place of Manuscript Production Iceland
Date of Manuscript Production around 1750
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Seelow (1989)
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 92
Height 155
Width 99
Script style/form
Prose or verse Verse
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Seelow (1989)Jón Þorkelsson (1888)Páll Eggert Ólason (1926)Skírnir (1855-1904)Skírnir (1905-)Rímnatal IIÍslenzkar æviskrár
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript