Stockholm Kungliga biblioteket HS A 49

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Manuscript Identification

Reference Number

OldSwedish2

Location

Stockholm, Kungliga biblioteket

Siglum / Shelfmark

HS A 49

Page / Folio range

189r–209r

Textual Content & Tradition

Standardised title of narrative

Sju vise mästare

Version (siglum)

A (Seven Sages)

Language Group within Version

Old Swedish Version A

Narrative / Scholarly Group within Version

Old Swedish Redaction B

Translated / adapted from (Version/Text)

Latin Version A

Source for textual relationship

Klemming (1887-1889), Bampi (2007), Bampi (2014)

Languages

Language of text

Old Swedish

Digitisation & Editions

Digitisation

Finnish Literature Society: https://www.codicesfennici.fi/items/show/112

Modern Editions

Klemming (1887-1889)

Note

• the major (older) part was written in Vadstena Abbey, Sweden; the part written in Finland, where the Sju vise mästare belongs to, is younger (see Bampi 2007, p. 29-30 and Bampi 2014, p. 248)

Authorship & Production

Place of Production

Birgittine nunnery of Nådendal, Finland

Date of Production

1400 - 1450

Source of Date of Production

Bampi (2014)

Physical Description

Material

Paper

Prose or verse

Prose

Illustrations

No

Contents & Additional Texts

Other texts in the Manuscript

Part I:

• Vita S. Ansgarii (Snacti ansgarii hälgha lifwerne)
• a story about the life of S. George from Armenia
• a report in letter form about the life of S. Bernard (Formula honeste vite sancti bernardi)
• Barlaam and Josaphat

Part II:

• excerpt from a "book of herbs"
• text on the joys of the Virgin Mary
• short quotation from the revelations of Mechthild
• Sju vise mästare
• ... followed by prayers and a formula of protection given by Pope Clemens
• (incomplete) short legend about a virgin named Maria
• (incomplete) devotional text based on Meditationes vite Christi

Part III:

• devotional texts for meditations
• prayers
• a legend about Saint Germanus
• some spiritual meditations
• two legends

(see Bampi 2007, p. 30)

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue

Modern Research Literature

Klemming (1887-1889), Bampi (2007), Bampi (2014), Klemming (1860), Carlquist (2002), Klockars (1979), Henning (1960), Carlquist (2007)

Research Material

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