Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, Lbs 468 4to

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	IcelandicVersion15
Location	Reykjavík, Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn
Siglum/Shelfmark	Lbs 468 4to
Page/Folio range	42r-77r

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Pontanus saga og Diocletianus
Incipit or textual title	„Ein gömul saga af keisaranum Pontsianusi, og hans kvinnu, Ite[m], hans syni Díóclesianusi, og hans sjö meisturum. Byrjuð anno MDCCCLIIII“
Version (siglum)	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
└ Language Group within Version	Icelandic Version H
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version	Prose: Sjö meistara saga
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)	Seelow Group A
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)	Text f. 2.
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)	Danish Version H
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Seelow (1989)

Languages
Language of text	Icelandic
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation	handrit.is: https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/Lbs04-0468
Modern Editions

Note
dated Oct 28 1855 and signed by the scribe Seelow suggests the text is copied from Reykjavík Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn, ÍB 895 8vo (see Seelow 1989, p. 210)

Authorship and Production
Scribe	Einar Guðnason á Sleggjulæk
Author
Place of Manuscript Production	Iceland
Date of Manuscript Production	1853 - 1857
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Seelow (1989)

Physical Description
Material	Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	I + 160
Height	195
Width	167
Script style/form
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	1r-41v: Cyrus saga Persakonungs 42r-77r: Pontanus saga og Diocletianus 42v: Málshættir 77v-77v: Gátur 78r-128r: Færeyinga saga 128r: Lausavísa 130r-159r: Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar 159r: Lausavísa

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	Handrit: https://handrit.is/manuscript/view/is/Lbs04-0468
Modern Research Literature	Seelow (1989)

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