Manuscripts:
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Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets AkademienForn Sagor om Ketill Häng, Grim Ludenkind och Pile Odder (1750-1850, Sweden)
Riksantikvarieämbetet, StockholmFormer shelf mark: H.1. - Forn Sagor om Ketill Häng, Grim Ludenkind och Pile Odder
1. (1r-12r) Ketils saga hængsSwedishForn Sagor om Kämpare Ketil Häng, Grim Ludenkind, samt Pile Odder den Wodfarne som wardt furste el. Zar i Gårdariekt el. Ryssland.Her börjar Sagan om Ketil HängOm Ketil Hängs upwäxtHallbiörn het en man, som war kalladur Half TrollNote: The main rubric is on a piece of paper which has been pasted onto f. 1r.2. (13r-20r) Gríms saga loðinkinnaSwedishGrim Ludinkins Ketil Hängs samt Pile Odds Sagor i Svenska öfversatteSagan om Grim LudenkinnOm Grim Ludenkinn och hans3. (21r-62r) Örvar-Odds sagaSwedishHär börjar upsoknt af sagan om Orvar Odde eller Pile Odd, Grim Ludinkinns son.Om Pile odds födelse på Berurioder.
CodexPaperi, 62, i312mm x 210mmYesLater foliation: On every tenth leaf in pencil, 10, 20 etc.Good275mm x 185mmYesErik Julius BjörnerKurrentSole
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Medium
    "Hist. has been written in pencil in the inside front cover, top-left corner."
  • An ex libris from the Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akadamiens Bibliotek has been pasted in the inner front cover but has been crossed out in pencil and a stamp reading: "Riksant. ämb Antikv. Topogr. Arkivet" has been placed beneath.
  • A small label has been pasted in the bottom left-hand corner of the inner front cover, upon which is written: "K. Vitt. Hist. Antikv. Akad. A. T. A. Hyllnr: H. 1".
  • On front flyleaf 1 is the following: "1875 Dec. Till Kongl. Vitterh. Hist. och Antiqv. Akademiens Bibliothek. af JNordenfalk fr. Holms Bibl. -1847.-". And below this "Biörner, E. J." in pencil.
  • On the reverse first front flyleaf is written in pencil: "NB Rudbecks öfsätn; af den sagor"
Plain (contemporary)
The volume is bound in cardboard boards covered in black and white marbelled paper with brown leather corners and spine. Upon the spine the following is written in gilt: "Forn Sagor om Ketil Häng, Grim Ludenkind och Pile Odder." and lower down: "Öfversättning af E. J. Björner M. G. G.". This volume is kept in a box with others. The box bears the name which the saga has been given as a shelfmark (Biörner-Brahe vol. 4).
1750-1850Sweden
Erik Brate: OwnerThe Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien, Stockholm, is now part of the Riksantikvarieämbetet, as a special collection. No numbers are used as shelfmarks and the old shelfmarks from the Vitterheds Akademien are ignored in favour of more descriptive designations.
Last update: 2013-04-10

 

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