Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 552 k β 4to

AM 552 k β 4to
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavík
This manuscript consists of 2 parts.

CodexPaperi, 21, iLater foliationPoor

Plain (later)

Binding from october 1992 (Dimensions: 214mm x 187mm x 12mm).

An old cardboard binding is kept with the manuscript.

Árni Magnússon: OwnerÓlafur Gíslason: OwnerÁrni Magnússon got the manuscript from séra Ólafur Gíslason in Hofur í Vopnafjörður.

AM 552 k β 1 4to (1683, Iceland)

1. (1r-18r) Þorsteins saga VíkingssonarIcelandic2. (18r-18v) KvæðiIcelandicAnno 1683 þann 5. Januarij Þördur Jönsson E h.Note: The poems are composed for the readers of the manuscript.

CodexPaper18202mm x 162mmYesLater foliationAverage178mm x 138mmAmbiguousKurrentSole

Info: Written by Þórður Jónsson í Kálfavík.

Low

Initial: Thick initials decorated in black ink.

1683Iceland

AM 552 k β 2 4to (1633-1658, Iceland)

1. (19r-19r) CalculationsIcelandic2. (19v-19v) AlmanakIcelandic2. (20r-20v) LetterIcelandicNote: Fragment of a letter to Jón Arason, headmaster from 1633-1636 in Skálholt. 3. (21r-21r) BillIcelandic

CodexPaper3199mm x 144mmLater foliationAverageUnknownUnknownMajor

None

1633-1658Iceland

Vigfús Guðbrandsson: OwnerOn fol. 21v: "Sum ex libris Vigfusi Gudbrandi". Vigfús Guðbrandsson was the grandson of Jón Arason in Vatnsfjörður.

Last update: 2015-02-06

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