Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 922 4to

AM 922 4to (1675-1725, Denmark)
Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen
1. (1v:1-178r:12) Hrólfs saga krakaIcelandic, LatinSaga af Hrölfe könge krakaHistoria Hrolfi regis krakæMadur hiet Halfdän enn annar Fröde brædur tveirFratres duo Halfdanus et Frotho nominibus fuereThought to be indirectly derived from AM 109a II 8vo. Note: Contains a copy of Hrólfs saga kraka with a facing-page Latin translation.

CodexPaperi, 180, i215mm x 160mmCoat of arms; crownPaginated: Paginated in upper outside corner, possibly by the original scribe. Quires signed A-Z in 8sGood160mm x 125mmNote: Fols. 179 and 180 are blankÁrni MagnússonKurrentMajor

Info: Fols. 1-60v in the hand of Árni Magnusson.

UnknownKurrentMajor

Info: Inscription on fol. 1r reads: "Christianum hanc historiam conscripsisse .tet ex p. 319."

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Medium

Occasional marginalia throughout. Note on fol. 1v reads: "Collatum cum codice Regio in recentissima membrana, quo hic sæpius longe completior est." The text has been collated with GKS 1002 fol. Marginal notes are in three hands, two of which are unidentified. One unknown hand may be contemporary, with a second, later hand adding further notes in a lighter ink. From 168v the notes are in the hand of Árni Magnússon. Several items in both the Old Norse and the Latin texts are underlined. Extensive emendations in the Latin version on fols. 99r-103r.

Plain (later)

Bound in late 19th or early 20th century marbled boards. According to Kålund, the MS was previously bound in MS waste containing text from Jónsbók.

1675-1725Denmark

Árni Magnússon: Owner

Last update: 2013-08-16

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