Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

UB 255 fol.

UB 255 fol. (1700-1799, Iceland)
Universitetsbiblioteket, Oslo
Contemporary: Søgur af Katle Hæng Grime Lodin kinnu og Orvar Odde.1. (3r:1-15r:24) Ketils saga hængsIcelandicSagann af Katle HængHallbiørn het madur, hann var kalladur Hallbiørn half-trøllKetill hængur riede fyrir Hrafnistu medann han lifdeNote: Abbreviated and most verses omitted (cf. typescript catalog).2. (16r:1-23r:5) Gríms saga loðinkinnaIcelandicSagann af Grime Lodinn kinnuGrymur son Ketils var bædi mikill og sterkurGrimur biö i Hrafnistu til elleNote: Abbreviated and most verses omitted (cf. typescript catalog).3. (24r:1-104r:21) Örvar-Odds sagaIcelandicSagann af Orvar OddeÞad er upphaf þessarar sogu ad madur er nefndur Grimur lodinn kinnaenn mær su sem Oddur atte a Jrlande for nordur til Hrafnistu og er mikel ætt fra henne komennNote: Abbreviated and most verses omitted (cf. typescript catalog).

CodexPaper106310mm x 196mmNoneNote: Fols. 15v, 23v and 104v blank.UnknownKurrentSole

Info: Majority of the text written in a kurrent script, but the first line of each page, the first line of each chapter and verses (e.g. fol. 59v) are written in a chancery script.

Moderate

Initial: Chapters begin with floriated, multi-story initials.

Moderately decorated (later)

Bound in 19th century (?) half-calf over marbled paper boards. The spine title reads: "Katle Hæng Saga".

1700-1799
Iceland

Peter Petersen: OwnerPurchased from Petersen bergráði in 1849 (cf. typescript catalog).

Last update: 2013-07-17

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