Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

Icel. MS. 37

Icel. MS. 37 (1700-1799, Iceland)
Houghton Library, Cambridge, MA
1. (1r-87v) Hrólfs saga GautrekssonarIcelandicSagan af Hrolfe ::::Þar hefium vier þessa fräsagn af þeim Könge er Gaute heitiSo þigia fröð menn, að mörg seu þau hreisteverk Hrölfs kongs sem ej seu skrifuð i þessare Sögu. og lÿkur hier Sögu Hrolfs kongs Gautreks sonar.

CodexPaperi, 87195mm x 155mmNone: Poor: No binding, almost all egdes damaged, some text lost.170mm x 130mmYesUnknownKurrentMajor

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Low

On the verso side of the front flyleaf: "Sagann Hrólfs kongr Gautrekz son". Pietursson á Skalhollti's name is found several times on boths sides of the front flyleaf. "Sagas" is written in pencil on verso side of flyleaf. Several other names on recto side of flyleaf.

Plain (contemporary)

Only some parts of the binding remain, i.e. a few pieces of yarn and slips of other paper manuscripts to support the binding. No cover.

1700-1799Iceland

Pétur Pétursson: OwnerKonrad Maurer: OwnerPétur Eggerz: OwnerFriðrik Eggerz: OwnerArchibald Cary Coolidge: OwnerÖgmundur Magnússon: Owner

Last update: 2013-01-05

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