Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 6 fol.

AM 6 fol. (1600-1699, Iceland)
Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen
1. (1r:1-53r:16) Völsunga sagaIcelandicSAga Af RAgnar Lodbrők Ok Mørgumm Kőngumm merkelegumI. CAp Her hefr upp, ok seiger fra þeim manne er Sigi er nefndrog vard þeim þad ad alldur laghi:Possibly a copy of NKS 1824 b 4to.2. (53r:17-85v:20) Ragnars saga loðbrókarIcelandic4I. CAp.Heimir i Hlymzdølumm spyr nu þesse tijþindiOk þetta þotti monnum undarligt ok saughdu sijdann fra audrumm monnummPossibly a copy of NKS 1824 b 4to.3. (85v:21-91v:23) KrákumálIcelandic6I. CAp. Kraku mal, er sumer kalla Lodbrőkar qviduHiuggum ver met hiørvi hitt var ei fyrer launguLifs ero lidnar stunder Hlæande skal ek deÿaPossibly a copy of NKS 1824 b 4to.

CodexPaperii, 91, iii295mm x 205mmOrnamental watermark, reminiscent of a chandelier (?). The same watermark as in AM 34 II fol.Later foliation: Foliated 1-91 in red ink in the top right corners by Kålund.Contemporary pagination: An older, presumably contemporary pagination 133-314 can be seen on the top outer corners.Good138mm x 130mmCatchwords on fols. 42v, 43v, 53v, 67r and 80vJón ErlendssonSemihybridaSole

Low

Initial: slightly decorative initials and enlarged letters

Medium

The scribe added variants to Krákumál in comparison to Ole Worm's edition. There are marginalia throughout the manuscript, some of which may be by Torfæus.

Plain (contemporary)

Light brown-whitish parchment binding on card boards. On the spine, presumably Árni Magnússon wrote: "Ragnars Saga Loðbrokar". The binding was restored in 1985.

1600-1699Iceland

Þormóður Torfason: MarginalÁrni Magnússon: OwnerNote: Based on the pagination, the manuscript might have been part of a larger codex.

Last update: 2013-02-15

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