Reykjavík The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies SÁM 169

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number IcelandicVersion51
Location Reykjavík, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
Siglum/Shelfmark SÁM 169
Page/Folio range 30v-39r
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)
  • in a signature the scribe remarks that the book has been written before 1880 (Handrit: "Á bl. 78v stendur: Bók þessa skrifaði Ólafur Runólfsson (bróðir Jóns er lengi var sýsluskrifari hjá Axel sýslumanni á Eskifirði) fyrir Ragnhildi Stefánsdóttur frá Stakkahlíð á árunum fyrir 1880."
Authorship and Production
Scribe Ólafur Runólfsson
Author Guðmundur Bergþórsson
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production before 1880
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Handrit: https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/SAM-0169#
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript I + 78 + I
Height 160
Width 100
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/SAM-0169#
Modern Research Literature Seelow (1989)Vésteinn Ólason (1981)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript