Manuscripts:
Thott 1755 4to
Thott 1755 4to (1700-1799, Denmark)
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1. (1v:1-71r:22) Hrólfs saga krakaIcelandicHier byriast Saga af Hroolfe Könge KrakaCap: 1Madúr het Halfdän enn annar Frodebrædúr tveir og konga sÿnerog endar hier sögú Hrölfs köngs kraka, og kappa hans.Copy of AM 922 4toNote: Divided into 36 numbered chapters.
Last update: 2013-04-15Det Kongelige Bibliotek, København
1. (1v:1-71r:22) Hrólfs saga krakaIcelandicHier byriast Saga af Hroolfe Könge KrakaCap: 1Madúr het Halfdän enn annar Frodebrædúr tveir og konga sÿnerog endar hier sögú Hrölfs köngs kraka, og kappa hans.Copy of AM 922 4toNote: Divided into 36 numbered chapters.
CodexPaperii, 71, iii203mm x 163mmCircle-shaped watermark
with a small royal crown on the
topLater foliation: Recent foliation in pencil in the upper right hand corner on
every tenth folio and at the end on 71r.Good: The manuscript is in excellent condition and shows very
few traces of use. The paper is perfectly clean with very light
yellow hue.160mm x 130mmYesUnknownKurrentSole
Low
- Initial: Slightly enlarged first letter in the rubric and first line.
- Paratext: Curly letters in the rubric area.
Medium
- Marginalia; Double line underlinings and collations in a hand that very much resembles the hand of the main text. According to Slay, The manuscripts of Hrólfs saga kraka, the underlinings and collations are copied from AM 922 4o. The writer of T has adopted some of the alterations and disregarded others.
Moderately decorated (later)
Binding with white leather corners and spine, lined with white
parchment with pink and violet watercolour ornaments resembling
flowers. On the spine, "Hrolf Krakes
Saga Islandice MS." is written in dark
yellow ink that was originally probably golden.
1700-1799
Denmark
Denmark
Jacob Langebek: CommissionerJacob Langebek: OwnerOtto Thott: OwnerAccording to Slay, The manuscripts of
Hrólfs saga kraka, it is not unlikely that the manuscipt was
commissioned by Jacob Langebek.
The manuscript was owned by Jacob Langebek, and later by Otto Thott.
The manuscript came into the Royal Library with Otto Thott's collection.
