Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

Papp. fol. nr 89

Papp. fol. nr 89 (1744, Sweden)
Kungliga biblioteket, Stockholm
Contemporary: I. N. F. Triga Historiarum Hyperborearum
Ia De GRIMERO HIRTIGENA.
IIa De CATILLO HÆNGERO.
IIIa De ODDO IAEULATORE
qvam Latiali Sermone, Studioqvo potuit, donavit.
SVENO-G. WILSKMAN.
Philos. MAG. et V. Translator in Regio Antiqvitat. Archivo1. (3r-14r:14) Gríms saga loðinkinna [Latin]LatinBased on Papp. fol. nr 73.2. (14v-41r:13) Ketils saga hængs [Latin]LatinBased on Papp. fol. nr 73.3. (41v-219r) Örvar-Odds saga [Latin]LatinBased on Papp. fol. nr 73.Note: Younger vers.

CodexPaper220, ii330mm x 200mmOval shaped watermark; no recognisable imagesLater pagination and foliation: Double pagination (pencil and brown ink); foliation on every tenth leafGood: Occasionally the ink is bleeding through265mm x 157mmYesSveno G. WilskmanHum cursivaSole

Low

Other: Rubrics partly rendered with darker ink and sparkling particles.

Low

On first front flyleaf: "Island. Chart. in folio. No 879. Inbunden år 1843 G.O.H.C.J(?). Denna öfversättning är utarbetad år 1744 af Mag. Sven Wilskman efter E.J.Bioerners Svenska öfversättning (Isl. Chart. in fol. No 73. 1.2.3.)".
On the second front flyleaf, another hand wrote: "Mti(?) Kongl: Antiquitets Archivo indlefvererad d. 13. Aprilis 1745."

Moderately decorated (later)

Modern cardboard binding with leather spine and corners. The golden imprint on the spine reads: "Historia Hyperboreæ de Grimero Hirtigena, Catillo Hangero et Oddo Jaeulatore. Latine P. S. G. Wilskman"

1744Sweden

Last update: 2013-03-25

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