Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

Kall 620 4to

Kall 620 4to (1750-1799)
Det Kongelige Bibliotek, København
Contemporary: Kiallakinga Saga Kiallachensuim Historia1. (1v-86r) Eyrbyggja saga [Excerpts]Icelandic, LatinI þann tíma var sva mikill ofse þeirra Kiallakingaauditis testibus sententiam elegerunt.Note: Old Norse text and Latin translation side by side2. (87v-145v) Hervarar saga og Heiðreks [Excerpts]Icelandic, LatinLitlu Sijdar þá hvarf Hervór i brottannonæ laxitatem prædixeruntCopy of Verelius' Ed. from 1672Note: Old Norse text and Latin translation side by side3. (247v-160r) Flóamanna saga [Excerpts]Icelandic, LatinEf nokkud væri fróðlegt að vitaoccupavit gesta sunti. Santum de ThorgilsoNote: Old Norse text and Latin translation side by side4. (161v-230r) Auðunar þáttur vestfirskaIcelandic, LatinAudunn het maður Islendskursuffragatione foveri credebatur.Note: Old Norse text on the verso-side, Latin translation on the recto-side5. (231v-172r) Fóstbræðra saga [Excerpts]Icelandic, LatinÞeta sem sagt hefur verið um dráp Þorgrímset suspiria qværere cupit. tantum.Note: Old Norse text on the verso-side, Latin translation on the recto-side

CodexPaper272210mm x 165mmLarge image (almost filling the whole bifolio) of city or castle with a pointy roof with tiles.Contemporary pagination: irregular paginationAverageNote: Old Norse text on the verso-side, Latin translation on the recto-side150mm x 100mmNoUnknownHum cursivaSole

Info: Accordng to Kålund, "kendt islandsk skriverhånd". Same hand can be seen in NKS 1179 fol. and NKS 1178 fol. (Characteristic squiggle and loops, a "zigzag" as horizontal bar for capital H.)

Low

Paratext: characteristic circular squiggles
Initial: Some initials slightly decorated (with zigzags)

None

No binding. The quires are stored loosely in a box.

1750-1799Unknown

Johan Christian Kall: Owner

Last update: 2013-06-11

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