Manuscript descriptions

Descriptions of individual manuscripts can be selected from the drop-down list here or searched for using the search form below. There are also links to manuscript descriptions on a saga-by-saga basis on the bibliography page.

Manuscripts by repositories

Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavík, Iceland
Det Kongelige Bibliotek, København, Denmark
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Handritasafn, Reykjavík, Iceland
Kungliga biblioteket, Stockholm, Sweden
British Library, London, United Kingdom
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany
Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
University Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Héraðsskjalasafn Borgarfjarðar, Borgarnes, Iceland
Riksarkivet, Stockholm, Sweden
Þjóðminjasafn, Reykjavík, Iceland
Universitetsbibliotek, Uppsala universitet, Uppsala, Sweden
Universitets Bibliotek, Lunds Universitet, Lund, Sweden
Universitetsbiblioteket, Bergens Universitet, Bergen, Norway
Universitetsbiblioteket, Oslo Universitet, Oslo, Norway
Advocates’ Library, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Trinity College Library and Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, Ireland
Universitätsbibliothek, Rostock Universitet, Rostock, Germany
Héraðsskjalasafn Skagfirðinga, Sauðárkrókur, Iceland
Bodleian Library, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
Byggðasafnið á Skógum, Skógar, V-Skaftafellssýslu, Iceland
Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Bibliotek, Trondheim, Norway
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Héraðsskjalasafn Akureyrarbæjar og Eyjafjarðarsýslu, Akureyri, Iceland
Elizabeth Dafoe Library, Winnipeg, Canada
Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris, France
Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen, Denmark
Riksantikvarieämbetet, Stockholm, Sweden
Private Collection, , Iceland

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