Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 202 g fol.

AM 202 g fol. (1600-1683, Iceland)
Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen
This manuscript consists of 2 parts.

Plain (later)

Bound in a grey cardboard binding with "No 202. g Raudulfs þättr. 2 Exempl:" written on the front board.

On an AM-slip pasted to the inner front board is written: "Raudulfs þattur. 2 Exempl. Ur bők eg keypte 1711. af Sigurde ä Feriu, og tők sundur j parta, var elldre enn 1683.""3. Islandske smä þætter." is crossed out.

1600-1683Iceland

Árni Magnússon: OwnerSigurður Magnússon: OwnerAccording to the AM-slip, Sigurður á Ferju sold one of the two fragments in 1711.

AM 202 g I fol.

1. (1r-1r) Norna-Gests þáttrIcelandicNote: End of Norna-gests þáttr. Last three lines laid out in a half-diamond pattern. Whole page heavily Crossed out2. (1v:1-9v:30) Rauðúlfs þáttrIcelandicRauðwlfs þättr og sona hansWlfur hiet madur og var kalladur Raudwlfur, Ragnhilldur híet kona hanzog ætlade ad Jnntaka Noreg sem seiger J sogu Olaffs kongs haralldz sonar.

CodexPaper9295mm x 185mmOval-shaped watermark with a snake on a cross in the centre and a crown on top. At the foot of the cross, the letters H and S can be read. The same watermark as in AM 202 i fol and AM 202 k fol (part AM 202 k II fol).Later foliation: Foliated 1-9 on the top outer corners.Good238mm x 145mmOnly catchwords on fol. 4v and 5r.Jón GissurarsonEarly kurrentSole

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AM 202 g II fol.

1. (10r:1-11v:65) Rauðúlfs þáttrIcelandicRaudőlfs þättur og sona hansWlfur hiet madur og var kalladur Raudvlfur hrafnhilldur hiet kona hansog hafdj ekki færre skip enn xij. Ender aa þeßum Raudolfz þætte.

CodexPaper2297mm x 186mmLetters or numbers, one of them possibly an '8'Contemporary and later foliation: Original foliation 147-148 and current foliation 10-11 on top outer corners.Average: pages trimmed; some of the text in the side margins missing. Marginalia written by scribe.273mm x 164mmcatchwords and pseudo-catchwords, filling about half a line.UnknownChancerySole

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Last update: 2013-01-17

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