Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

SÁM 4

SÁM 4 (1890-1910, Iceland)
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavík
Later addition1. (2r-263v) Þiðreks saga af Bern (defective)Icelandic Begins: að ná henni á sitt vald, án vitundar föður hennarnafns þeirra á sinni dauðastunduNote: Defective. Lacunae at the beginning and within the text.2. (264r-277v) Norna-Gests þátturIcelandicSöguþáttur af Gesti Þórðarsyni, Norna-GestiSvá er sagt, að á einum tíma, þá er Ólafur konungur Tryggvason sat í Þrándheimiog þótti sannast um lífdaga hans sem hann sagði

CodexPaperi, 279, i184mm x 156mmPaginated: Paginated 3-548 (509 written twice; 510 omitted) on fols. 2r-277v. Fols. 4r-v, 212r-v and 278r-279v blank.Average: Some leaves lacking; based on pagination, one lacking at the beginning, one between fols. 3 and 5, one between fols. 211 and 213 and one between fols. 235 and 236. Several leaves loose in binding. Signs of older conservation efforts.UnknownHumcursivaSole

Low

Title page added later. Fols. 4 and 212 are replacement leaves. Loose note at beginning with account of leaves missing in MS.

Plain (later)

Half-calf binding with paper boards from the early 20th century. Gilt decoration on spine including title: "Þiðriks saga".

1890-1910Iceland

Jóhann Gunnar Ólafsson: OwnerPurchased by the National Library of Iceland from Jóhann Gunnar Ólafsson bæjarfógeta á Ísafjörð in the 1960s.

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