Reykjavík The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies SÁM 13

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number IcelandicVersion59
Location Reykjavík, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
Siglum/Shelfmark SÁM 13
Page/Folio range 139r-151r
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Vinaspegill
Incipit or textual title „Forðum tíð einn brjótur brands …“
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 1851
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Handrit: https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/SAM-0013#
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 204
Height
Width
Script style/form
Prose or verse Verse
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
  • 1r-6v: Alexanders kvæði
  • 7r-11r: Ljóðabréf
  • 11v-19v: Hrafnahrekkur
  • 19v-27v: Nokkur rímuerindi
  • 27v-29r: Íslands munaðarmál
  • 29v: Kvæði
  • 29v: Kvæði
  • 30r-31r: Brúðkaupskvæði
  • 31r: Kvæði
  • 31v-35v: Ljóðabréf
  • 35v: Stafrófið
  • 36r: Vísur
  • 36r-40r: Vegabragur
  • 40r-v: Kvæði
  • 41r-50r: Skraparotsprédikun
  • 50v: Afrek Grettis
  • 51r-v: Nokkrar vísur
  • 51v-52r: Andlátsvers
  • 52r-53v: Erfikvæði
  • 53v-54v: Erfikvæði
  • 54v-55v: Erfikvæði
  • 55v-58r: Erfikvæði
  • 58r-59r: Sálmur
  • 59r-v: Iðrunarsálmur
  • 60r-71v: Líkræða Jóns Jónssonar bónda frá Mýri.
  • 72r-74r: Bænarsálmur
  • 74r-76r: Erfikvæði
  • 76r-v: Harmljóð
  • 76v-77r: Sálmur
  • 77r: Dagleg ósk
  • 77v-78v: Viðvörunarsálmur
  • 78v-80v: Sálmur
  • 81r-88r: Biðilsríma
  • 88v-95v: Eitt kvæði af hjónum og einum stúdent
  • 95v-113v: Marsilíus saga og Rósamundu
  • 113v-116v: Ljóðabréf
  • 117r-127v: Hlýrahljómur
  • 127v-132v: Næturþanki
  • 133r-v: Stássmeyjarkvæði
  • 133v: Meyjarmissir
  • 134r: Um fagra stúlku
  • 134r: Um ófríða stúlku
  • 134r-v: Tilhugalíf
  • 134v: Gáta
  • 135r: Vísu
  • 135r-v: Þjófabragur
  • 135v: Páll og reka
  • 136r-137v: Ferjubragur Odds Þorvarðssonar
  • 138r: Gamankvæði
  • 138r: Vísur
  • 138r: Staka
  • 138r: Hestavísa
  • 138v: Kvæði
  • 139r-151r: Vinaspegill
  • 152r-155r: Ljóðabréf

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(for further information on other texts visit Handrit SÁM 13; the ms includes 89 texts in total)

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue Handrit: https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/SAM-0013#
Modern Research Literature Seelow (1989)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript