Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 583 a 4to

AM 583 a 4to (1663, Iceland)
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavík
1. (1r:1-10v:34) Hálfdanar saga EysteinssonarIcelandicHier biriar sógu steinz sA firre manna alldum[?] ried sa Eystein hietog hier med endast saga danar kongs Eystejnzsonumhaffe sa brennvynz skal er las enn þejr bior er hlyddur. Anno 1663 9 dag febr.

CodexPaperi, 10, i200mm x 143mmLater foliation: Foliated in the lower margins of recto leaves.Poor: Large sections of margins and upper corners of most leaves obliterated with substantial loss of text. Fol. 3 is a half sheet.170mm x 122mmUnknownKurrentSole

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Low

Occasional marginalia. Autograph on fol. 3r: "olafur Jons."

Plain (later)

Binding from July 1984. Grey-brown and olive-green library binding.

1663Iceland

Árni Magnússon: Owner

Last update: 2015-02-12

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