Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 358 4to

AM 358 4to (1694, Iceland)
Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen
ContemporaryNote: Title page on fol. 1r decorated with green and red inks1. (2r:1-2v:27) PrefaceIcelandicEirnn lyttell for mäle fyrer framann þessa söguÞesse sagä seiger fyrst frä Gauta konge.Og bid eg Gȯdfwsann lesana þetta lagfæra og j mälid ad lesa. Wale2. (3r:1-13v:29) Gautreks sagaIcelandic2.1. (3r:1-7r:3) Gauts þátturIcelandicHier byriast sagann af Gauta konge, er fyrst bygde Gautland og var þar sydann kongur iferÞaa hefum wier eina dä fallega historiu af einum könunge er Gaute hietOg endast hier so saga af Gauta könge2.2. (7r:4-13v:29) Gautreks sagaSagann af Gautrek kongeGautrechur kongur war miog ägiætur fyrer margra hluta sakerOg lykur hier sögu Gautreckz kongs hinz giaf myllda3. (14r:1-61r:18) Hrólfs saga GautrekssonarIcelandicHier hefur upp saugu af Hrolfe könge Gautrechssyne er styrde Suya riche og GautlandeÞad er nu þessu næst. ad Hrölfur giordest brätt stor megtugurOg skylldustum wier so hier vid sögu Hrȯlfz kȯngs Gautrechsonar og hans föstbrædra og þeirra hreistewerkaNote: All three items treated as one text in this manuscript. Chapter enumeration is continuous throughout.

CodexPaperi, 61203mm x 160mmYesLater foliation: Foliated by Kålund in red ink in the top right corner of the recto side of each leaf.Good155mm x 125mmJón EinarssonUnknownSole

Info: Written by Jón Einarsson at Þóroddsstaðir. Cf. fol. 1r: "Skrifad ä Þoroddstodum Hrosinhuala nese. Anno 1694. Jon Einarsson mehendi"

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Initial: Contains decorated initials in red and green ink

Plain (later)

The manuscript was formerly bound in parchment leaves from an Icelandic gradual from the second half of the fifteenth century. These two bifolia are now in Access. 7b, Hs 16. Current binding is modern (19th c.?) marbled paper boards.

1694Iceland

Árni Magnússon: Owner

Last update: 2013-08-16

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