Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 2289 4to

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Manuscript Identification
Reference Number IcelandicVersion62
Location Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn
Siglum/Shelfmark Lbs 2289 4to
Page/Folio range
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Vinaspegill
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 D
Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text) Danish Version H, Icelandic 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
  • it is unclear whether Guðmundur Bergþórsson actually composed the poem (see Seelow 1989: 216-217)
Authorship and Production
Scribe Sighvatur Grímsson Borgfirðingur
Author Guðmundur Bergþórsson
Place of Manuscript Production Iceland
Date of Manuscript Production 1891 - 1892
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Handrit: https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/Lbs04-2289#
Physical Description
Material
Total pages/folios in Manuscript XII + 664
Height 210
Width 167
Script style/form
Prose or verse Verse
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript (selection)

70) Aðskiljanlegar vísur

71) Barkaminning

72) Vísur

73) Tíu vísur af Jasoni bjarta

74) Danslilja

75) Vinaspegill

76) Heimspekingaskóli

77) Tólfsonakvæði

78) Vinaþökk

79) Postularaun

80) Kvæði um hana og ref

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(for further information visit Handrit Lbs 2289 4to; the mansucript includes 148 texts in total)

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue Handrit: https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/Lbs04-2289#
Modern Research Literature Seelow (1989)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript