Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 1 e α fol.

AM 1 e α fol. (1675-1699, Iceland)
Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen
1. (1r:1-14v:17) Sögubrot af nokkrum fornkonungum í Dana ok SvíaveldiIcelandicSỏgubrot af nockrum fornkongum i Dana og Svyavellde, Ivare vydfadma Helga hinum hvassa, Hæreke og Harallde Hilldetỏnn, med Bravallar Bardaga og nockud af Sigurde hring, Epter þuj sem fundist hafaz ritad a nockrum nidurlagz Saurblaudum Sundurlausum.Ord audar vid faudur sinn frammberanda eyrindiord Helga med underhiggiu;....Sie eg ad þetta mál þarf ad Lytt sie framma loptboridfolk er Alfar kalladist, var miklu frydara enn annad mannkin a nordurlỏndum.

CodexPaper15213mm x 165mmCoat of armsLater pagination and foliation: Foliated 1-14 in red ink in top outer corners by Kålund. Paginated 1-29 in dark ink in top outer corners (later hand).Average170mm x 120mmUnknownChancery fracturaSole

Info: Scribe shifts to kurrent script for notes.

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Medium

Árni Magnússon compared the manuscript with AM 1 a fol. and emended the variants.
On fol. 1r, there used to be a note in the outer margin, now heavily crossed out.

Plain (contemporary)

Plain cardboard binding. On the front cover, "I e α in Folio" can be read. There are two stickers on the spine. The larger one in green shows the shelfmark, a small round sticker reads "6".

1675-1699Iceland

Árni Magnússon: Owner

Last update: 2013-07-31

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