Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 1 e β I fol.

AM 1 e β I fol. (1280-1320, Iceland)
Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen
1. (1r:1-6v:30) Sögubrot af nokkrum fornkonungum í Dana og Svíaveldi (defective)IcelandicAM 1 d α fol. is a copy.1.1. (1r:1-3v:30) Sögubrot af nokkrum fornkonungum í Dana og Svíaveldi Begins: neita. konungr svarar Se ek at þetta mal þarf at lit se alopt borit Ends: lytr honum ok kveðe hann bliðum orðvmok fogrum talar ok1.2. (4r:1-6v:30) Sögubrot af nokkrum fornkonungum í Dana og Svíaveldi Begins: ma i hernað. ok a einu havsti sotti hann afund haʀalldz konungs Ends: er til var sott um alla uikina

CodexParchment6185-192mm x 140-150mmLater foliation: Foliated 1-6 in red ink in top outer corners by Kålund. Poor: The outermost pair of folios are so blackened and worn that reading is difficult and in places impossible. The upper and outer margins are completely cut away. The two innermost folios of the manuscript have been lost, for which reason the manuscript comprises two fragmentary parts.160-170mm x 120mmUnknownTextualisSole

Moderate

Initial: Red initials and rubrics througout the fragment. Some of the round initials are replaced by or filled with a drawing of a face.

Moderately decorated (later)

The manuscript was bound in 1935 by Carl Lund. It is a white parchment binding with the manuscript item and the serial number imprinted in gold on the upper board.

1280-1320Iceland

Árni Magnússon: OwnerNote: The manuscript might have originally been bound together with Knýtlinga saga, now in AM 20 b I fol..

Last update: 2013-07-31

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