Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

BL Add. 4877

BL Add. 4877 (1700-1799)
British Library, London
1. (1r-9v) VöluspáIcelandic2. (9v-25r) HávamálIcelandic3. (25r-28v) HávamálIcelandicNote: Extract4. (28v-34v) VafþrúðnismálIcelandic5. (34v-35v) GrímnismálIcelandicNote: Extract6. (35v-41v) GrímnismálIcelandic7. (41v-46v) SkírnismálIcelandic8. (46v-52v) HárbarðsljóðIcelandic9. (52v-57v) HymiskviðaIcelandic10. (58r-58r) LokasennaIcelandicNote: Extract11. (58r-66v) LokasennaIcelandic12. (66v-71r) ÞrymskviðaIcelandic13. (71r-77v) VölundarkviðaIcelandic14. (77v-81v) AlvíssmálIcelandic15. (81v-89v) Helgakviða Hundingsbana IIcelandic16. (89v-96v) Helgakviða HjörvarðssonarIcelandic17. (96v-105v) Helgakviða Hundingsbana IIIcelandic18. (105v-106r) Frá dauða SinfjötlaIcelandic19. (106r-114r) GripisspáIcelandic20. (14r-118r) ReginsmálIcelandic21. (118v-124r) FáfnismálIcelandic22. (124r-132r) SigrdrifumálIcelandic23. (132r-132r) Brot af SigurðarkviðuIcelandic24. (132r-135v) Guðrúnarkviða IIcelandic25. (136r-1) Sigurðarkviða hin skammaIcelandic26. (145v-147r) Helreið BrynhildarIcelandic27. (147r-147v) Dráp NiflungaIcelandic28. (147v-154r) Guðrúnarkviða IIIcelandic29. (154r-155r) Guðrúnarkviða IIIIcelandic30. (155r-159v) OddrúnargráturIcelandic31. (159v-165v) AtlakviðaIcelandic32. (166r-179r) Atlamál hin grænlenskuIcelandic33. (179r-182r) GuðrúnarhvötIcelandic34. (182r-186r) HamðismálIcelandic35. (186v-188v) Sigrdrifumál (defective)IcelandicNote: Stanzas 29-37 copied 'ex libro qvodam chartaceo' and extracts from Völsunga saga's rendering of poems lost in the lacuna.Note: Extracts36. (188v-192v) Hrafnagaldur ÓðinsIcelandic37. (192v-195r) Baldrs draumrIcelandic38. (195r-200r) FjölsvinnsmálIcelandic39. (200r-207r) HyndluljóðIcelandic40. (207r-208v) GrógaldrIcelandic41. (209r-212v) GrottasöngrIcelandic42. (212v-219r) Hervarar saga og Heiðreks [Riddles]IcelandicNote: Extract43. (220r-228r) SólarljóðIcelandic

CodexPaperiii, 228, iii207mm x 165mmLater foliationGood160mm x 115mmUnknownChanceryMajor

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1700-1799

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Last update: 2013-01-07

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