Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

NKS 1806 4to

NKS 1806 4to (1758-1775, Denmark)
Det Kongelige Bibliotek, KøbenhavnFormer shelf mark: Suhm's collection no. 616 4to
Contemporary1. (1r:1-24r:9) Sörla saga sterkaIcelandicSagan af Srla saga hinum SterkaJ þanɴ tíma sem Halfdan kongr Brnufostri styrdi hiɴi klldu Svíþioð er haɴ vann af Agnari hinum dgva en sendi Astro mág siɴ yfir Englandoc er ei getid þar umhvrt þeim hefr ordid barna did edr eígi eptir sig.AM 560 d 4toNote: Shorter version

CodexPaperi, 24, i188mm x 155mm"JHonig et Zoonen"Later foliation: Foliated in pencil on the outer top margins in the recto pages of fols. 10 and 21.Good: In very good condition. The ink has bled through the pages, especially on fols. 19-20.135mm x 110mmNote: The lower half of fol. 24r and fol. 24v are blank.Catchwords on fols. 2r-3r,10r, 11v, 12v, 15v and 22r-23v. Words at the end of the last line of a page are repeated on the following pages on fols. 1v, 3v-7v, 8v, 9v-10r, 11r, 13r-14v, 16r-17v, 18v, 19v and 21v.Jón Ólafsson YngriChancery fracturaSole

Info: Very neat script, almost like fractura, but too late for that?

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Low

On 1r there is a note by Suhm, written between the title and incipit: "efter j Cv D. med unge olavius", and in the top margin: "brist". A slip of paper with the shelf mark is kept within the manuscript.

Moderately decorated

Cardboard binding, covered with brown leather. Fore-edge painted blue. On spine golden floral prints and "SAGA AF SOL HIN STER"

1758-1775Denmark

Peter Frederik Suhm: CommissionerPeter Frederik Suhm: OwnerProbably commissioned by P. F. Suhm. Sold by P. F. Suhm to the Royal Library as part of his library. Formerly no. 616 4to in Suhm's collection.

Last update: 2013-05-30

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