Group C: Rímur

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In Group C, Hubert Seelow collects the manuscripts that contain verse adaptations in the form of the Icelandic Rímur (literal translation being 'rhymes'). All of them were adapted from prints of the Danish Folkebog or the German Volksbuch or from a single story of one of them.

The oldest extant Rímur date back to the 2nd half of the 17th century and were composed by Björn Sturluson who lived from 1559-1621, indicating that his Rímur cycle had to be around at least since the 1st quarter of the 17th century (see Seelow 1989: 214-215). The Rímur af sjö vísu meisturum - cycle consists of 18 Rímur. Sturluson's composition survived in three manuscripts.

Both Jón Þorsteinsson úr Fjörðum (around 1680-after 1739) and Arní Böðvarsson (1713-1776) composed a cycle of 8 Rímur about the story Vaticinium and Amici which is called Rímur af Alexander og Loðvík. It is unclear when Jón Þorsteinsson composed his Rímur cycle; Arní Böðvarsson claims in the finishing verses that he had composed the cycle in 1763 within three weeks (see Seelow 1989: 215).

Lýður Jónsson (1800-1876) composed a Rímur cycle of 3 Rímur

General Information
Language within Version	Icelandic
Narrative / Scholarly Group
Parent Versions	Icelandic Verse: Sjö meistara saga
Child Versions
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)	Verse: Sjö meistara saga
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

Pattern of embedded stories in this version
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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 579 4to Icelandic Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn 1600 - 1900 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 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 Stockholm Kungliga biblioteket Sth papp 8vo nr 1 Icelandic Stockholm, Kungliga biblioteket around 1660