Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 12 a fol.

AM 12 a fol. (1651, Iceland)
Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen
1. (1r-13r) Hrólfs saga krakaIcelandicHier byrisast Saga af Hrolfe Kónge Kraka hanns formonnum edur forfedrum, sem þó leidist til hanz upruna; og koppum hans.Madur heit Haldan. Enn annar Fröde. Brœdur tueir og kongasÿner, og styrde sÿnu rÿke huór þeirra.og huadann þeir være ad komner þeir sogdu allt umm ferdirFor the first part, AM 11 fol. was used as the exemplar (cf. Slay 1960, p.103). The second exemplar is most likely a now lost manuscript derived from AM 9 fol., possibly another copy of AM 12 b fol. when it was still complete (cf. Slay 1960, p.104). The manuscript contains the first half of the text of Hrólfs saga kraka and was written to complement the text in AM 12b, fol. (cf. Slay 1960, p.102).

CodexPaper13310mm x 197mmLater foliation: Foliation in red ink in the upper right hand corner, probably by Kålund. More recent foliation in pencil in the upper right hand corner.Good: The manuscript is rather dirty, but well preserved.285mm x 165mmThere are chatchwords on every page.Þorleifur KláussonKurrentMinor

Info: Þorleifur Klárusson, priest. Fols. 1r-2r

UnknownChanceryMinor

Info: Unidentified. Fols. 2v-7r:3 possibly also 7r:4-7r:17

UnknownChancery fracturaMinor

Info: Unidentified. Fols.7r:25-8r

UnknownKurrentMinor

Info: Unidentified. Fols. 8v-10v:29

UnknownKurrentMinor

Info: Unidentified. Fols. 10v:29-13v and 7r:17-7r:25

Low

Initial: Small plain initial at the beginng of the text.
Paratext: Some of the catchwords are underlined with an ornamenatal curve.

Plain (later)

Grey cardboard binding from 1700-1730 with the number and title written on the front, perhaps in Arni Magnussons's hand. The lining is waste paper containing a printed text in Latin and Danish.

1651IcelandNote: Probably written before 1651 in Skálholt or Útskálar.

Last update: 2013-02-01

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