Manuscripts:
AM 343 a 4to
AM 343 a 4to (1450-1475, Iceland)
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavík
1. (1r-5v) Þorsteins þáttur bæjarmagnsIcelandic2. (5v-14r) Samsons saga fagraIcelandic3. (14r-21v) Egils saga einhenda og Ásmundar berserkjabanaIcelandic4. (21v-30v) Flóres saga konungs og sona hansIcelandicNote: Fol. 28v originally blank.5. (30v-48v) Vilhjálms saga sjóðsIcelandic6. (48v-54r) Yngvars saga víðförlaIcelandicNote: One folio missing after fol. 53 (see comment by Árni Magnússon).7. (54r-57v) Ketils saga hængsIcelandic8. (57v-59v) Gríms saga loðinkinnaIcelandic9. (59v-81v) Örvar-Odds sagaIcelandic10. (81v-87r) Áns saga bogsveigisIcelandic11. (87r-98v) Sálus saga og NikanórsIcelandic12. (99r-103v) Hálfdanar saga EysteinssonarIcelandic13. (103v-104v) Bósa sagaIcelandicNote: Two fragments.14. (105r-108r) Vilmundar saga viðutanIcelandicNote: Beginning missing.15. (108r-110r) Perus saga meistaraIcelandicNote: Fol. 110v originally blank.
CodexParchmenti, 110, i220mm x 140mmLater foliationPoor: Some pages missing, damaged or torn.192mm x 117mmNoJón GíslasonCursivaMinor
Info: Gothic cursiva
UnknownCursivaMinor
Info: Various scribes, gothic cursiva
Low
  • Initial: Blank spaces left for initials at the beginning of each saga.
High
  • Fol. 35 is an addition from the 17th century.
  • Comment by Árni Magnússon on fol. 53.
  • Some younger marginalia (see for example fol 74r, 76v and 104v).
Plain (later)
Original binding is made of thick boards wrapped in a leather cover.
1450-1475Iceland
Last update: 2015-02-10

 

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