Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 933 4to

AM 933 4to (1800-1820, Iceland)
Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen
1. (1r:1-25r:25) Hálfdanar saga gamlaIcelandicSagann af Hálfdáne Gamla oc Sonumm hansHríngr hefr Konungr heítit, sem Hríngarýci í Noregi er vitkéntLýcor hér nú at segja frá Hálfdáni Gamla oc Sonum Hans, oc Samtýdis mónnumm þeírra2. (25v:1-35r:13) Hálfs saga og HálfsrekkaIcelandicSagann Af Haalfi Kóngi oc Haalfs=ReckummAAlfrecr hét Konungr er bió aa AAlfreksstødumFols. 30r-38v in ÍBR 9 4to are copied from this manuscript.3. (35r:14-36v:15) Tóka þáttur TókasonarIcelandicÞaattur Af Tóka TókasýniJ þann Týma er Ólafr Konungr hinn Helgi rédi Noreg4. (37r:1-78r:3) Starkaðar saga gamlaIcelandicHér Byriar Saugo af Starkade enumm GamlaHúnþiófr hefr Konungr heítit er rédi fyrir HørdalandiNote: Ch. 1 on fol. 37r also labeled: "Vikars Þáttur". Chapter 20 on fol. 60v begins with the following rubric: "þáttur af Helga Hvassa Hræreki Konungi Haralde Hillditónn og Brávallar Bardaga". All chapters have a chapter title.5. (78r:4-78v:22) Afterword to Starkaðar saga gamlaIcelandicTil LesaransEg hefi vid þessa søgu flytirs uppskrift fyrir mér tvo manuscriptaÓdinn kinde Haralldi kónge Hilldetónn.6. (79r-79r) Map of King Hringur's svínfylkingIcelandic

CodexPaper82, iiiNote: One modern flyleaf at front and rear of volume.220mm x 170mmCoat of arms with initials (C ...?) visible on fol. 80.Later foliation: Foliated in pencil in the top right corner of recto pages. Good175mm x 130mmNote: Fol. 79v and fols. 80-82 blank.Gísli KonráðssonUnknownSole

Info: According to Seelow (Hálfs saga og Hálfsrekka, 49), the manuscript was written by Gísli Konráðsson.

Low

Initial: Title on fol. 37r decorated with floral patterns.
Illustration: Drawing of military arrangement in red and black ink on fol. 79r.

Low

Contains occasional marginal notes and alternate readings. On fol. 78r after the end of Starkaðar saga gamla is written: "Sc: G.K.S." (S.K.S. ?)

Moderately decorated (later)

Bound in modern (late 19th/early 20th c.) half-canvas over paper boards.

1800-1820
Iceland

Det kongelige nordiske Oldskriftselskab: OwnerAcquired from the Det kongelige nordiske Oldskriftselskab in 1833.

Last update: 2013-08-16

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