Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

Kall 612 4to

Kall 612 4to (1753, Iceland)
Det Kongelige Bibliotek, København
1. (1r-214r:4) Njáls sagaIcelandic2. (214r:5-214v:4) VersesIcelandicNote: 6 verses3. (216r-238r) Egils saga einhenda og Ásmundar berserkjabanaIcelandic4. (238v-265v) Sturlaugs saga starfsamaIcelandic5. (268r-311v) Ectors sagaIcelandicEr nü þesse saga Endud og miög Illa skrifud ad Eyre vid Seidisfiörd þann 6. Februarj Anno 17535.1. (311v:7-311v:8) VerseIcelandicNote: 1 verse

CodexPaperii, 311, i198mm x 152mmDifficult to seeLater foliation: Foliation on every tenth pageAverage: on the border of being poor; the binding is in a rough state and some of the leaves been partially eaten through.170mm x 130mmYesUnknownKurrentMajor

Moderate

Initial: Larger and ornamented initials and decorated rubrics
Border: Small decorations at the end of the sagas
Paratext: Squiggles and lines

Low

Later table of contents added on second front flyleaf.

Decorative (contemporary)

Brown embossed leather on thick wooden bords. Two decorated metal clasps. The binding used to be padded with letters to Olafur Jónsson. Now the leaves are loose and are counted as flyleaves.

1753Iceland

Johan Christian Kall: Owner

Last update: 2013-06-07

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