Icelandic Verse: Sjö meistara saga

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The manuscripts of the Sjö meistara saga (Icelandic Version H) consist of prose translations from the Danish Folkebog as well as verse adaptations. The latter mostly appear in the form of the Icelandic Rímur (literal translation being 'rhymes'). The oldest manuscripts that we know of date back to the 2nd half of the 17th century. However, the Rímur cycle they include was created by Björn Sturluson (1559-1621), which means that this version had to be around at least since the 1st quarter of the 17th century (see Seelow 1989: 214-215). Hubert Seelow divides the verse adaptations into two Groups: Group C is concerned with Rímur adaptaions; Group D designates the adaptaions into the poem Vinaspegill.

General Information
Language within Version	Icelandic
Narrative / Scholarly Group
Parent Versions	Icelandic Version H
Child Versions	Group C: Rímur, Group D: Vinaspegill
Author
Title
Siglum of the version of the Seven Sages
Version Number
Branch of the tradition	West

Language & Composition
Original language of version	Icelandic
Translated into (languages)
Place of composition
Date of composition
Source for date of composition

Literature & Editions
Modern research literature	Seelow (1989)
Modern Editions

Recorded branch of this secondary version

H (Historia Septem Sapientum) Czech Version H: Kronika sedmi mudrců Danish Version H Dutch Version H English Version H English Prints (H) French Version H German Version H German Prints (H) Prosafassung / Prose Version Redaction A Redaction B Redaction C Redaction D Redaction E Redaction F Redaction G Versfassung / Verse Version Anonymous Verse Version Bühnenfassung / Stage adaptation: Sebastian Wild, Tragedj Hans von Bühel, Dyocletianus Leben Hungarian Version H Icelandic Version H Icelandic Prose: Sjö meistara saga Group A: Sjö meistara saga Group B: Alexander og Lúðvík Icelandic Verse: Sjö meistara saga Group C: Rímur Group D: Vinaspegill Latin Version H Excerpts in Gesta Romanorum Continental Group w Continental Group x Insular Group u Group I Group II Group III Group IV Lost Latin Version H Manuscripts Polish Version H Scots Version H: Rolland, Seuin Seages Spanish Version H: Los Siete Sabios de Roma Spanish Prints (H) Swedish Version H: Sju vise mästare Old Swedish Redaction C Swedish Prints (H)

Connected prints
No connected prints

Adaptations
Adapted from (version)	Icelandic Version H
Adapted into (version)
Source for composition and adaptation information	Seelow (1989)

Languages in Use
Language of text	Icelandic
Regional or specific language of version

Notes
Note
Notes on motifs
Notes on the frame

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Connected manuscripts

Manuscript Language Location Date of Production København Den Arnamagnaeanske Samling Rask 38 Icelandic København, Den Arnamagnaeanske Samling 1763 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, JS 201 4to Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1837 - 1850 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, JS 579 4to Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1600 - 1900 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 1138 8vo Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1800 - 1899 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 131 fol. Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1775 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 1684 4to Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn around 1820 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 2160 4to Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1830 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 2175 8vo Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1800 - 1899 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 2289 4to Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1891 - 1892 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 3170 8vo Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn around 1800 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 3842 8vo Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1907 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 4392 8vo Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1800 - 1899 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 4485 8vo Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1700 - 1899 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 4530 8vo Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1844 - 1846 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 4582 8vo Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1700 - 1900 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 4646 4to Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1830 - 1838 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 4730 8vo Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1891 - 1893 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 4777 8vo Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1815 - 1875 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 4950 8vo Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1800 - 1899 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 5049 8vo Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1882 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 5213 8vo Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 5383 8vo Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1925 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 540 8vo Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1810 - 1840 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 638 4to Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1797 - 1807 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 974 4to Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1791/04/15 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, ÍB 168 4to Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1759 - 1763 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, ÍB 180 4to Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn March 1763 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, ÍB 260 4to Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn around 1763 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, ÍB 270 8vo Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn around 1750 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, ÍB 505 4to Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn around 1856 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, ÍB 604 8vo Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1860 Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, ÍB 636 8vo Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1853 Reykjavík The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies AM 615 c 4to Icelandic Reykjavík, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies 1650 - 1700 Reykjavík The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies KBAdd 3 fol. Icelandic Reykjavík, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies 1738 - 1758 Reykjavík The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies SÁM 12 Icelandic Reykjavík, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies 1848 Reykjavík The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies SÁM 13 Icelandic Reykjavík, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies 1851 Reykjavík The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies SÁM 152 Icelandic Reykjavík, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies 1850 - 1899 Reykjavík The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies SÁM 169 Icelandic Reykjavík, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies before 1880 Reykjavík The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies SÁM 77 Icelandic Reykjavík, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies 1884 - 1900 Stockholm Kungliga biblioteket Sth papp 8vo nr 1 Icelandic Stockholm, Kungliga biblioteket around 1660