Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 1541 4to

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number IcelandicVersion6
Location Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn
Siglum/Shelfmark Lbs 1541 4to
Page/Folio range 144r-206r
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Pontanus saga og Diocletianus
Incipit or textual title Hér skrifast historia af þeim sjö vísu meisturum í Grikklandi og af Pontiano keisara í Róm.Einnig hans syni, er hét Dioclezianus hvar með í ljós leiðist ótrúleikur veraldarinnar og illra kvenna og hvörnin ólukkan kann afstýrast fyrir ráð og skynsemi vísara manna hvör annars hefði mátt snarlega henda þann óforvarandis sem ekkert kann að athuga. Gefið nú gaum og gætur að svo góðri skemmtun og gleðilegri frásögu; sem svolátandi sem eftir fylgir.
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. 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/Lbs04-1541
Modern Editions
Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production around 1750
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Seelow (1989)
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 250
Height 190
Width 153
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript Hluti I (Part I)

1r-57r: Setbergsannáll

Hluti II

57r-76v: Annálar

Hluti III

77r-124v: Amphitheatro Naturæ

Hluti IV

126r-134r: Æviþættir

Hluti V

136r-142v: Um Þórisdal

Hluti VI

142v-143v: Ættartala

Hluti VII

144r-206r: Pontanus saga og Diocletianus

Hluti VIII

207r-250v: Völsunga saga

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue Handrit: https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/Lbs04-1541
Modern Research Literature Seelow (1989)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript