Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 1 c fol.

AM 1 c fol. (1600-1699, Iceland)
Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen
1. (1r:1-5v:21) Sögubrot af nokkrum fornkonungum í Dana og SvíaveldiIcelandicSogubrot Af nockrum förn kongum i Dana og Sujavellde yvari vïdfadma, Hareki, Helga hinum huassa Haralldi hillditónn med Brauallar Bardäga og nokud af Sigurdi hring epter þuij sem fundist hafa ritud a nidlags saurblada rifrilldum sundurlaus I Brot vm konbonurfor Helga hins Huassa til Audar hinnar diupaudgu ÿvars dottur vidfadma i Sujarijki, og täl su or ÿvars wpphäfslaust Ord Audar vid fodur sinn, frammberandi erinde Helga med vnderhiggiuSa eg ad þetta mäl þarf ad litt sie a lopt boridlijtur honum oc qveþur hann blijdum ordum og fỏgrum**Probably a copy of AM 1 a fol.Note: Following the text the scribe has added: "Hier vantar mikid vid fram ad elli dogum Haralldar Hillditannar"

CodexPaperii, 5, i315mm x 195mmFoolscap visible on contemporary front flyleaf.Foliated: One modern and one contemporary flyleaf at front of volume; one modern flyleaf at rear of volume. Foliated in red ink and pencil in upper corners of recto leaves.Good245mm x 135mmUnknownChancerySole

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Inscription (autograph?) on contemporary flyleaf recto worn and struck-through.

Plain (later)

Bound in modern (20th c.) beige and tan linen over paper boards.

1600-1699Iceland

Árni Magnússon: Owner

Last update: 2013-07-10

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