Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 587 b 4to

AM 587 b 4to (1690-1710, Iceland)
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavík
1. (1r:1-11v:11) Hrómundar saga GripssonarIcelandicSaga af Hromunde GreipssyneSa konungr reþe fyrir Gorþom i Danmork er Olafr hetSu saga sem þetta var effter skriffad vard naumlega lesenn og ei sem skilian legust um landa edur stada heite sum. Þö er þad vyst ad räda hier af kong Olafur mune verid hafa kongur ad nafnbök i Norex velldj einhuórs stadar. þar sem nær grendsad hefur vid Svyþiöd, þvy þä hefur Norex ryke haft marga smäa konunga sem breysast kann af fornum frædum. so skrifar Sr. Magnus i Laufäse Olafssyne etc.Note: Colophon appears to be in a slightly later hand.

CodexPaper11195mm x 163mmLater foliation: Foliated in the upper corners of recto leaves.Contemporary pagination: Traces of an earlier pagination (253-274) cropped in upper margins of the second gathering.Good155-170mm x 120-135mmCatchwords on fol. 4v, 5r, 5v, 6r, 7v, 8v, 9v, 10v, 11r.Watermark only in the first gathering bifolia 1+4, 2+3Ásgeir JónssonChanceryMinor

Info: Fols 1r-4v are written in Ásgeir Jónsson's hand

-- NO SCRIBE REF! --UnknownMinor

Info: Fols. 5r-11v are in

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Low

Marginal Notes in the hand of Þormóðar Torfasonar (Torfæus) on fol. 5v.

Plain (later)

Current binding from c. 1772-1780. Cream paper on cardboard with turquoise label. Front and rear pastedowns contains printed waste from an unidentified Danish text.

1690-1710
Iceland

Árni Magnússon: Owner

Last update: 2016-04-18

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