Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

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AM 173 fol.

AM 173 fol.
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavík
This manuscript consists of 2 parts.

CodexPaperi, 113, i298mm x 198mmYesContemporary pagination: Each saga has individual pagination.Good263mm x 147mmAM02-0173-ennoÁsgeir JónssonChancerySole

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Plain (later)

1686-1707Norway

AM 173 I fol. (1686-1707, Norway)

1. (1r-11v) Ketils saga hængsIcelandicHer byriar þatt Ketils hængsHallbiorn het madur, hann var kallaður hallbiorn halftrollKetill hængr reð fyrir hrafniztu a meþan hann lefðeNote: Following saga starts immidiatelly afterwards, without rubric or any graphic representation2. (11v-16r) Gríms saga loðinkinnaIcelandicSva er sagt af Grime syni Ketils at hann var bæði mikill oc sterkroc likur her þessari sogu fra Katli hæng oc Grimi LoðinnkinnuNote: No rubric, only marginal note "Grimsþattr Lodinkinna"3. (17r-65v) Örvar-Odds sagaIcelandicHer hefur Sogu Orvar Oddz ens viðförlaMadr het Grimr Lodinnkinna hans kona het Lopthænaher endar sogu Orvar Oddz4. (66r-79v) Áns saga bogsveigisIcelandicSagan af An er kominn var fra Katle hængJ þann tyma fylkirs hongar reðu fyrir Noregsonr Þóris var øgmundr Akraspillir, faðir Sigurþar Bioða skalla agætz mannz i Noregi. Ender5. (80r-95r) Friðþjófs sagaIcelandicSagan af Friðþiofe enom fræknasva byrjar þessa sogu at Beli kongrurðu þeir miklir menn fyrir sér, oc endar her nu sogu fra fridþiofe enom frækna

CodexPaper95298mm x 198mmYesContemporary paginationLater foliationGood263mm x 147mmYesÁsgeir JónssonChancerySole

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Preface for "Gríms þáttur loðinkinna" in the margin on fol. 11v.
Some corrections by scribe in the margin.
Crossed out poem on fol. 70r and another one written beside it by another hand.

1686-1707Norway

Árni Magnússon: OwnerÞormóður Torfason: OwnerÁrni Magnússon got this manuscript from Þormóður Torfason's widow in 1720 and separated it into two parts (see and AM 435 b 4to, fols. 4v-6v).

AM 173 II fol. (1686-1707, Norway)

1. (1r-18v) Sturlaugs saga starfsamaIcelandicSagan af Sturlaugi starfsama IngolfssynAllir menn þeir sem sannfroþir erusturlaugur varþ ellidauðr eptir Friþfroða konung, endar her með sagann

CodexPaper18298mm x 198mmYesContemporary paginationLater foliationGood: The ink has seeped through on fol. 113v.263mm x 147mmNoÁsgeir JónssonChancerySole

None

Low

1686-1707Norway

Árni Magnússon: OwnerÞormóður Torfason: OwnerÁrni Magnússon got this manuscript from Þormóður Torfason's widow in 1720 and separated it into two parts (see and AM 435 b 4to, fols. 4v-6v).

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