Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:
F.e. 26
F.e. 26 (1700-1799)
Kungliga biblioteket, Stockholm
1. (1r-59v) Þorsteins saga VíkingssonarSwedishThorsten Vÿkings sons saga ifrån Guothiskan på Swänsk verterad af Olao Werelio och afskrefwen afTHORSTEN WIKINGSSONS SAGA Caput. 1mumThenne sagan har sin upprinnese af Kong Loge; hwilken regerade thet landeHär slutom wÿ således Thorsten Wÿkingssons saga, och är hon rolig uti att.Note: Swedish transl. of Verelius' edition
CodexPaperi, 59210mm x 165mmContemporary pagination: Begins with '3' on f. 2vAverage150mm x 118mmYesUnknownKurrentSole
Info: Scribe is unidentified (name has been cut out on f. 1r)
None
Low
  • On the recto of the first flyleaf: "Första Saga-Flockens Första THOM". Also "3/8" in the top-right hand corner. Also something has been scribbled out in the bottom-left hand corner.
  • On f. 1r a small Kungliga Bibliotek stamp is in the middle at the bottom of the page.
  • On the inside front cover there appears in ink "Fe 26", and "1955/16" and a coat of arms has been pasted in (an EX LIBRIS?). Three clams on a shield surrounded by a garland, the initials "D C" below and written in pencil "ika elsing". The coat of arms is thus the Celsing family's - Dika could refer to Frederika?
Moderately decorated (contemporary)
The volume is bound in cardboard covered in colourful marbelled paper. A white strip has been pasted along the spine and upon it a small yellow label which reads: "Riks-Bibliotek STOCKHOLM Handskrifter. N: F.e. 26". The fore-edge has been speckled in brown ink.
1700-1799Unknown
Last update: 2013-04-08

 

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