Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, JS 251 4to

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Manuscript Identification
Reference Number IcelandicVersion7
Location Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn
Siglum/Shelfmark JS 251 4to
Page/Folio range 1r-65v
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Pontanus saga og Diocletianus
Incipit or textual title Hér skrifast historía af þeim sjö vísu meisturum og Pontiano keisara, einnin hans syni Diocletiano …
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 b. 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/JS04-0251
Modern Editions
Note
Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production 1700 - 1800
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Seelow (1989)
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript I + 186 + I
Height 193
Width 149
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript 1r-65v: Pontanus saga og Dicletianus

65v-75r: Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu

75v-89v: Gunnars saga Keldugnúpsfífls

90r-104r: Reisubók séra Ólafs Egilssonar

104v: Kvæði

105r-110v: Ævintýri („Eitt ævintýr eður frásaga af fjórum kaupmönnum“)

111r-116v: Ævintýri („Eitt skemmtið ævintýr af tveimur húsfreyjum“)

117r-119r: Ævintýri („Þriðja ævintýrskvæði“)

119r-120v: Ævintýri („Fjórða ævintýrskvæði“)

121r-122v: Múks ævintýr

122v-126v: Eiríks saga víðförla

126v: Vísa

127r-146r: Maríu saga

146v-146v: Eylandsrímur

147r-168r: Stjörnuspeki og náttúrufræði

168v-178r: Landafræði

178r-178v: Landafræði, stjörnufræði og alfræði

179r-179r: Alfræði („Hvörnin vídd landa og sjávar mælist“)

179r-179v: Alfræði („Pólíhæð þeirra nafnkunnustu staða og hafna við sjóinn“)

179v-186v: Annálar

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue handrit.is: https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/JS04-0251
Modern Research Literature Seelow (1989)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript