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|Has Description=Group D includes the adaptations of the [[Vaticinium and Amici]] story into the poem ''Vinaspegill''. The earliest extant manuscript was written between 1738-1758; others between 1700-1900 - the latest manuscript being from as late as 1925. Most of those that we know of were written in the 19<sup>th</sup> century which coincides with the time ''Vinaspegill'' got printed. Seelow mentions three prints, the earliest of them printed in Reykjavík in 1845 (''[https://baekur.is/bok/515266f8-ba13-4190-af75-c4ea635108c0 Kvæðið Vina-Spegill, orkt af Guðmundi Bergþóssyni, Rekjavík 1845]''). According to this print, the poem consists of 113 stanzas and the text is close to its prose source (see [[Seelow (1989)|Seelow 1989]]: 216). The other prints are: | |Has Description=Group D includes the adaptations of the [[Vaticinium and Amici]] story into the poem ''Vinaspegill''. The earliest extant manuscript was written between 1738-1758; others between 1700-1900 - the latest manuscript being from as late as 1925. Most of those that we know of were written in the 19<sup>th</sup> century which coincides with the time ''Vinaspegill'' got printed. Seelow mentions three prints, the earliest of them printed in Reykjavík in 1845 (''[https://baekur.is/bok/515266f8-ba13-4190-af75-c4ea635108c0 Kvæðið Vina-Spegill, orkt af Guðmundi Bergþóssyni, Rekjavík 1845]''). According to this print, the poem consists of 113 stanzas and the text is close to its prose source (see [[Seelow (1989)|Seelow 1989]]: 216). The other prints are: | ||
*''Vinaspegill og Tólfsona-kvæði. Söguljóð ort af Guðmundi Bergþóssyni, Reykjavík 1904.'' | * ''Vinaspegill og Tólfsona-kvæði. Söguljóð ort af Guðmundi Bergþóssyni, Reykjavík 1904.'' | ||
*''Vinaspegill, tólfsona-kvæði og annáls-kvæði. Söguljóð, Reykjavík 1909.'' | * ''Vinaspegill, tólfsona-kvæði og annáls-kvæði. Söguljóð, Reykjavík 1909.'' | ||
Note: we have included this group of manuscripts for reasons of completeness, despite the fact that it does not meet our criteria for inclusion as a ''Seven Sages'' text (including both some of the embedded stories and the frame narrative). | |||
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|Has Branch Of Tradition=Seven Sages of Rome | |Has Branch Of Tradition=Seven Sages of Rome | ||
|Has Language Of Version=Icelandic | |Has Language Of Version=Icelandic | ||
|Is Date Uncertain=No | |||
|Has Modern Research Literature=Seelow (1989) | |Has Modern Research Literature=Seelow (1989) | ||
|Is Adapted From=Danish Version H | |Is Adapted From=Danish Version H | ||
Latest revision as of 10:39, 9 March 2026
Group D includes the adaptations of the Vaticinium and Amici story into the poem Vinaspegill. The earliest extant manuscript was written between 1738-1758; others between 1700-1900 - the latest manuscript being from as late as 1925. Most of those that we know of were written in the 19th century which coincides with the time Vinaspegill got printed. Seelow mentions three prints, the earliest of them printed in Reykjavík in 1845 (Kvæðið Vina-Spegill, orkt af Guðmundi Bergþóssyni, Rekjavík 1845). According to this print, the poem consists of 113 stanzas and the text is close to its prose source (see Seelow 1989: 216). The other prints are:
- Vinaspegill og Tólfsona-kvæði. Söguljóð ort af Guðmundi Bergþóssyni, Reykjavík 1904.
- Vinaspegill, tólfsona-kvæði og annáls-kvæði. Söguljóð, Reykjavík 1909.
Note: we have included this group of manuscripts for reasons of completeness, despite the fact that it does not meet our criteria for inclusion as a Seven Sages text (including both some of the embedded stories and the frame narrative).
[Added by Elisabeth Böttcher]
General Information
Language & Composition
Literature & Editions
Recorded Branch of This Secondary Version
- H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
- Armenian Version H
- Czech Version H: Kronika sedmi mudrců
- Danish Version H
- Dutch Version H
- English Version H
- French Version H
- German Version H
- Hungarian Version H: Pontianus tsaszar historiaia
- Icelandic Version H
- Latin Version H
- Lithuanian Version H
- Polish Version H
- Scots Version H: Rolland, Seuin Seages
- Spanish Version H: Los Siete Sabios de Roma
- Swedish Version H: Sju vise mästare
- Yiddish Version H
Adaptations