Seelow Group C
From The Seven Sages of Rome
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. 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); they survived in three manuscripts.
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- 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
- Russian 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
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