Reykjavík The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies AM 615 c 4to

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number IcelandicVersion24
Location Reykjavík, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
Siglum/Shelfmark AM 615 c 4to
Page/Folio range 1r-7r
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. 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
Modern Editions
Note
  • fragmentary; ends in the 3rd ríma
  • the Rímur cycle Rímur af sjö vísu meisturum consists of 18 Rímur
  • Incipit: „Ofrödumm vid orda skortt optt ...“
  • Excipit: „... A Huijta ſunnu hliö / dar brief“
Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author Björn Sturluson
Place of Manuscript Production Iceland
Date of Manuscript Production 1650 - 1700
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Seelow (1989)
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 7
Height 188
Width 158
Script style/form
Prose or verse Verse
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue Handrit: https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/AM04-0615c#
Modern Research Literature Seelow (1989)Rímnatal IIÍslenzkar æviskrárJón Þorkelsson (1888)Páll Eggert Ólason (1926)Björn Karel Þórólfsson (1934)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript