Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 580 4to

AM 580 4to (1300-1349, Iceland)
Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen
1. (1r:1-1v:36) Elis saga ok Rósamundu (defective)Icelandic Begins: og er hann nu sialfur her kominn Ends: með somð og tign og uirðuligum uirðingum2. (2r:1-11r:37) Bærings saga (defective)IcelandicÞriar ero ar þær er hver heitir elfrper omnia secula seculorum amen3. (11v:1-22v:37) Flóvents saga (defective)IcelandicSaga sia er eigi saman set með loklausv Ends: heim til saxlandz nv hofvm4. (23r:1-34v:33) Mágus saga (defective)Icelandic Begins: her eru komner at ek ætlaok lykr þar sogv Magus Iarls5. (34v:34-34v:34) Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar (defective)IcelandicHerhefr upp savgo hrolfs konungs Gavtreks sonarNote: Contains only the rubric to the saga. Leaves containing the saga are now in Stock. Perg. 7 4to.

CodexParchment34220mm x 160mmContemporary pagination and later foliation: Paginated in the top margins and foliated in red ink in the bottom right hand corners. Traces of an older foliation are occasionally visible next to the more recent one.Average: The manuscript begins and ends defective, and there are lacunae after fols. 1, 2, 15 and 22. The top and outer margins of most leaves have been cropped or are otherwise damaged, sometimes with loss of text. Many of the bottom margins have been scraped off, but some marginalia are still visible. Fols. 24 and 25 have tears, the outer bottom corner of fol. 29 has been torn away, and fol. 34 is blackened and damaged. The script has been touched up with darker ink in some places.185mm x 135mmUnknownUnknownMajor

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Initial: Contains red rubrics and initials.

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There is one AM-slip that reads: "Ur Elis Søgu .i. blad Bærings Saga, vantar upphafed. ur Flovents Søgu mikill þori. ur Magus Søgu. þessa bok feck eg 1706. af Domino Christiano Wormio, og var hun þä innbundin."

Plain (later)

Bound in modern (early 21st century) half-calf canvas boards.

1300-1349Iceland

Árni Magnússon: OwnerChristen Worm: Owner

Last update: 2013-08-16

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