Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 282 4to

AM 282 4to (1600-1699)
Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen
1. (1r:1-40v:10) Ragnars saga loðbrókarIcelandicSAGAN af Ragnare lodbrook og sonum HanzI Capitule Fra lyngorminum Þooru borgarhiøtzHerroodvr het Jarl Rykuroc fǫcto(?) øþrom mǫnnomm.Note: Begins in chapter 2. Runic letters in the beginning of the rubric.2. (40v:11-40v:21) Stanza on Ragnar loðbrókIcelandicVysa Qveþin vm Racnar conc loþbrocRacnar reinþi þecna, recniþ unþa mecnahann facnaþi ormo vacne;3. (41r:1-41v:7) Table of ContentsIcelandicCapitula Registur Þessarra Sǫgu

CodexPaperi, 41201mm x 162mmTwo lions holding a coat of armsLater foliation: Foliated 1-41 in red ink in the top outer corners by Kålund.Average110mm x 165mmUnknownUnknownSole

Moderate

Initial: Rubrics and initials are richly decorated.

High

Expansions of many abbreviations were noted in the margins or between the lines. In the top corner of fol. 1r is written: "Anno 1704 4. blada f aa st:f:" There is an AM-slip in the front. It reads: "282 Þessa Ragnar Sögu Lodbrokar, feck eg 1714 i Januario af Monsr Busseus. enn hann hafdi hana þä nylega feinged af einum godum vin i Kaupenhafn, sem ecki villde sitt heite vita lata. Var þesse Ragnarsaga þä aptanvid Nialssögu innbundinn, enn eg tok hana þar frä. Þetta Exemplar er hid versta grei."

Plain (later)

Grey cardboard binding with two stickers on the spine: a larger green one with the shelf mark and a small round sticker with the number "1015".

1600-1699Unknown

Árni Magnússon: OwnerAndreas Bussæus: OwnerAM 282 4to was originally in the back of a manuscript containing Njáls saga. Árni Magnússon split the two parts up after he acquired the manuscript in 1714.

Last update: 2013-08-19

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