Reykjavík The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies SÁM 12

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number IcelandicVersion47
Location Reykjavík, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
Siglum/Shelfmark SÁM 12
Page/Folio range 34r-44r
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
Author Guðmundur Bergþórsson
Place of Manuscript Production Iceland
Date of Manuscript Production 1848
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Handrit: https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/SAM-0012#
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 49
Height 171
Width 114
Script style/form
Prose or verse Verse
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript Kvæða- og rímnasafn I

1r-4v: Tímaríma

5r-8r: Skipafregn

8r-12r: Hrakfallabálkur

12r-14r: Lákakvæði

14r-15v: Einbúavísur

15v-21v: Bóndakonuríma

22r-24v: Esópískar dæmisögur


Kvæðasafn II

26r-27v: Kvæði af Konstantínus keisara

27v-28v: Ekkjukvæði

28v-32r: Tötradúðakvæði

32r-33v: Hugbót

34r-44r: Vinaspegill

44v-48v: Heimspekingaskóli

49r-v: Draumur konu Pílatusar

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue Handrit: https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/SAM-0012#
Modern Research Literature Seelow (1989)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript