Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 896 4to

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	IcelandicVersion11
Location	Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn
Siglum/Shelfmark	Lbs 896 4to
Page/Folio range	13r-45v

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Pontanus saga og Diocletianus
Incipit or textual title	„Forðum daga var einn keisari í Róm sem hét Ponthoianus vís og forstandugur ...“
Version (siglum)	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
└ Language Group within Version	Icelandic Version H
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version	Prose: Sjö meistara saga
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)	Seelow Group A
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)	Text d. 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	handrit.is: https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/Lbs04-0896
Modern Editions

Note
dated 1757 and signed by the scribe who copies the translation from an older (unknown) manuscript (see Seelow 1989, p. 207)

Authorship and Production
Scribe	Þorkell Jónsson
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production	1756 - 1777
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Seelow (1989)

Physical Description
Material	Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	iii + 322 + ii
Height	200
Width	152
Script style/form
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	2r-2v: Efnisyfirlit 3r-12v: Virgilíus saga 13r-45v: Pontanus saga og Diocletianus 45v-60r: Hervarar saga og Heiðreks 60r-64r: Samtal stallsystranna Barbáru og Augauttu 64v-83v: Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar 83v-91v: Rímur af Sigurði fót og Ásmundi Húnakóngi 92r-138v: Rímur af Gretti 139r-146r: Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss 146r-154r: Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss 154r-169r: Rímur af Líbertín og Ölvi 169v-175v: Þegjandi dans 176v-180v: Rímur af Ingibjörgu kóngsdóttur 180v-185r: Rímur af Lúcíus flóttamanni 185r-189r: Ævintýri af tveim konum 189r-203v: Rímur af Ármanni 203v-224v: Úlfars saga sterka 225r-234r: Lukkunnar forsvar 234r-243v: Sannferðug undirrétting um heimulleg samtök 243v-264r: Rímur af Elenu 264r-265v: Ævintýr af Wyrga Wígtama 265v-266r: Ævintýri („Annað ævintýr“) 266r: Ævintýri („Þriðja ævintýr“) 266v-294v: Líkafróns saga og kappa hans 294v-305r: Sindbað sæfari 305r-320v: Parmes saga loðinbjarnar 320r-321v: Sendibréf

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	Handrit: https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/Lbs04-0896
Modern Research Literature	Seelow (1989)

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