Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, ÍB 505 4to

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number IcelandicVersion33
Location Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn
Siglum/Shelfmark ÍB 505 4to
Page/Folio range 113r-129v
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Rímur af Alexander og Loðvík
Incipit or textual title
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)
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/IB04-0505
Modern Editions
Note
  • Rímur cycle consists of 8 Rímur
  • numbered verses
Authorship and Production
Scribe Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson
Author Árni Böðvarsson
Place of Manuscript Production Iceland
Date of Manuscript Production around 1856
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Handrit: https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0505
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 339
Height 206
Width 167
Script style/form
Prose or verse Verse
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript 1r-30r: Rímur af Hallfreði vandræðaskáldi

30r-64r: Rímur af Ásmundi víking

64r-113v: Rímur af Fóstbræðrasögu

113r-129v: Rímur af Alexander og Loðvík

129v-151v: Rímur af Ingvari víðförla og Sveini

152r-170v: Rímur af Skáld-Helga

171r-181v: Rímur af Grobbion og Gribbu

182r-225r: Rímur af Sigurgarði og Valbrandi

225v-248v: Rímur af Sigurgarði frækna

248-288r: Rímur af Remundi Rígarðssyni

288r-317v: Rímur af Klarus Keisarasyni og Serená Dramblátu

317v-339v: Rímur af Án og Gæfu

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue Handrit: https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0505
Modern Research Literature Seelow (1989)Rímnatal I
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript