Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

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Lbs 4940 4to

Lbs 4940 4to (1898, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
Contemporary: Fornmanna-sögur Norðurlanda. Þrettánda bindi Skrifaðar eftir gömlum bókum annó MDCCXC - VIII (1898)1. (2r-4v) FormáliIcelandic2. (5r-24v) Knúts saga (Steinssonar) heimskaIcelandicNote: ÍB 430 4to, Lbs 1993 8vo3. (25r-44v) Sigurðar saga turnaraIcelandic4. (45r-137v) Hinriks saga góðgjarna og Valentínusar fræknaIcelandicNote: Lbs 1508 4to, ÍB 462 4to5. (138r-200v) Samsons saga fagraIcelandic6. (201r-231v) Partalopa sagaIcelandic7. (232r-303v) Hrólfs saga GautrekssonarIcelandic8. (304r-342v) Marons saga sterkaIcelandic9. (343r-376v) Rígabels saga konungs og AlkanusIcelandic10. (377r-400v) Sörla saga sterkaIcelandic

CodexPaperii, 400, ii206mm x 166mmContemporary pagination: Title-page is counted as page one.Good: Traces of dirt and one page has had to receive minor repairs.138mm x 140mmNoMagnús Jónsson Hum cursivaMajor

Info: Magnús Jónsson í Tjaldanesi in his own constructed script.

Moderately decorated (contemporary)

1898Iceland

Ólöf Ketilbjarnardóttir: Owner

Last update: 2012-05

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