Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 1 d β fol.

AM 1 d β fol. (1690-1710, Iceland)
Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen
1. (1r:1-8v:17) Sögubrot af nokkrum fornkonungum í Dana og SvíaveldiIcelandicSogubrot af Nockrúm fornkongumm J Dana og Svija Vellde.Ord Audaz Vid fodur sinn, frammberande Ord Helga med underhiggiuSie eg ad þetta mál þarf ad lytt siefőlk er Alfar Kalladest Var miklu frýdara enn annad Mannkin a Nordurlondumm.Copy of AM 1 a fol.

CodexPaperi, 8, i210mm x 163mmFoolscapLater foliation: Foliated in red ink in top margins by Kålund. Paginated in top outer corners of recto pages and additionally on fol. 8v.Average185mm x 145mmYesHjalti ÞorsteinssonEarly kurrentSole

Info: Written by the priest Hjalti Þorsteinsson of Vatnsfjörður.

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Low

An AM-slip in the front reads: "Ur Num. 15. in 4to. fra Eckiu Sal. Þormodar Torfasonar. Epter þessu nidlags Exemplare hafde Sal. Assessor Þormodr lated Asgeir rita Exemplar in folio. og hafde Asgeir allstadar úmbreitt literatura ad methodum veteriorum. Þetta Asgeirs Mstum stod i Num. 13. in folio. Enn var ölldungis onytt, eins og þetta nærverandi Exemplar med hendi Sr Hiallta, og þeim mun verra, ad Asgeir hafdi æred liber vered i at umbreita literaturâ. enn orden voru eins raung i hverutveggiu. Eg reif so þetta Asgeirs avtographum i sundur, ad eingann villa skyllde".

Plain (later)

Plain brown standard half binding. The original binding is preserved and is kept in the same box. It is a plain cardboard binding from Árni Magnússon's time with two flyleaves inside.

1690-1710Iceland

Árni Magnússon: OwnerÞormóður Torfason: OwnerÁrni Magnússon got the fragment from Torfæus's widow.

Last update: 2013-07-31

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