Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 567 V 4to

AM 567 V 4to (1450-1499, Iceland)
Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen
1. (1r:1-6r:22) Norna-Gests þáttur (defective)Icelandic Begins: Sídan drap sígurdr þa fofní ok reginok þar fra norna gest ath seigia.2. (6r:23-8v:26) Orms þáttur StórólfssonarIcelandicHængur het madur son Ketilsok bregdur sidan í hagldirnarok vender vm heyinv

CodexParchmentii, 8Note: The two front flyleaves (paper) were originally the front pastedown175mm x 120mmLater foliation: Foliated in red ink in the top margins by Kålund.Average: Fols. 3-8 are damaged and have been repaired along the inner margins.125mm x 85mmNoUnknownCursivaMajor

Info: Hand A wrote fols. 1r-6r:22.

UnknownCursivaMinor

Info: Hand B wrote fols. 6r:23-8v.

Low

Initial: Most initials are missing, some are slightly decorated.
Illustration: A little dragon in the bottom margin of fol. 6v.
Other: Sparse decorative lines and ornaments at the end of some paragraphs.

Medium

Some younger marginalia. On the top margin of fol. 6v is written with a contemporary hand: "Sancta fenena". Árni Magnússon wrote on the original front pastedown bifolio (which is now bound before the parchment leaves): "Aptanaf Norna Gestz þætti. framanaf Orms þætti Storolfssonar." In front, there is a photo copied leaf (A4) inserted. According to a note by Magnus Olsen, it shows notes from the bookbinding process, referring to the following manuscripts: AM 567 4to, AM 568, AM 230 fol. and AM 234. The note reads: "Bogbindernotater - fundet af Eli(?) Rasmussen under katalogisering af Kommissionens arkiv den 12. februar 1982. Orig. ligger i samlemappe (aftagne bind, kort m. m.) MO"

Plain (later)

The fragment is kept in a cardboard binding with support for the individual leaves.

1450-1499Iceland

Árni Magnússon: OwnerMagnus Olsen: Scholar

Last update: 2013-08-16

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