Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, ÍB 461 4to

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Manuscript Identification
Reference Number IcelandicVersion4
Location Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn
Siglum/Shelfmark ÍB 461 4to
Page/Folio range 121r-213r
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Pontanus saga og Diocletianus
Incipit or textual title Historía af Pontiano, hans syni Diocletiano og þeim sjö meisturum
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 e. 2.
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 https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0461
Modern Editions
Note
Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Iceland
Date of Manuscript Production 1775 - 1825
Source of Date of Manuscript Production https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0461Seelow (1989)
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript I + 213 + I
Height 197
Width 154
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript 1r-15r: Ævisöguflokkur

15r-25v: Barnatöluflokkur

26r-35v: Ævi- og afgangsminning síra Einars Sigurðssonar að Eydölum í Breiðdal

36r-99r: Vatnsdæla saga

100r-120v: Esópus saga

121r-213r: Pontanus saga og Diocletianus

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/IB04-0461
Modern Research Literature Seelow (1989)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript