Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

Westin 83

Westin 83 (1750-1799)
Universitetsbibliotek, Uppsala
1. (1r:1-18r:15) Hjálmþérs sagaIcelandicSagann af Hiaalmter og Ølver.Þesse Saga biriast af einumm Ägiætum konge, er Jnge hietog er margt Folk frä þeim komed, unnu þeir under sig mórg konga Rtyrkie,

CodexPaper18199mm x 160mmNote: Bottom half of fol. 18r and all of fol. 18v blank.YesContemporary paginationGood170mm x 130mmUnknownKurrentSole

Low

Other: Decorated initials in rubric on fol. 1. First line of new chapters written in different script. Ending written in half-diamond indention.

Plain (later)

Bound in cardboard with marbled pattern.

1750-1799

Birger Thorlacius: OwnerJacob Westin: OwnerThe manuscript once belonged to Birger Thorlacius, after whose death Jacob Westin bought it at an auction in 1830.

Last update: 2013-04-08

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