Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 552 d 4to

AM 552 d 4to (1675-1699, Iceland)
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavík
1. (1v-10r) Bárðar saga SnæfellsássNote: The top five lines on fol. 1r are crossed out. Probably the ending of another saga.2. (10v-10v) Göngu-Hrólfs sagaNote: Only the beginning.

CodexPaperi, 10, i203mm x 164mmYesLater foliationAverage174mm x 140mmÓlafur GíslasonKurrentMajor

UnknownKurrentMinor

Info: Fol. 1v.

Low

Initial (flourished): A decorated initial (D), which has been cut out from another manuscript and placed over the blank space left for the initial on fol. 1v.

Medium

(1r) Five lines crossed out on fol. 1r.
Explanations and references added in the margins on fols. 4r-v and 5v.
Many words and sentences underlined.

Plain (later)

Binding from March 1976 (Dimensions: 213mm x 187mm x 10mm). The old binding is kept with the manuscript.

1675-1699Iceland

Árni Magnússon: OwnerÓlafur Gíslason: OwnerÁrni Magnússon got the manuscript from séra Ólafur Gíslason.

Last update: 2015-02-04

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