Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 144 8vo

AM 144 8vo (1600-1700, Iceland)
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavík
1. (1r:1-21r:24) Áns rímur bogsveigisIcelandicHier biriar Ans rymurFræde hef eg veittEnder ä Ans rymum2. (21v:1-26r:24) Rímur af Eremit meistaraIcelandicRymur aff einumm eremita edur einsetu manne. Kuednar anno 1650Biriar stolpr i hallar giäblest og jst ad klestist best. styst3. (26v:1-50v:13) Hrólfs saga GautrekssonarIcelandicHier biriar Hrolfs Gautrikssonar søguÞad er uphaf þessarar søgu ad Gautrekur son Gauta kongs ried firi Gautlandiog lykur her nu þessari sogu

CodexPaperi, 50, iii165mm x 103mmPaginated and foliatied: Foliated in the lower margin of recto leaves. Paginated in the upper corner of recto leaves.Good145mm x 95mmUnknownKurrentSole

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Low

Contains occasional marginalia in another hand. Two verses added after the end of Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar on fol. 50v.

Plain (later)

Rebound in 1970. Grey-green fabric on boards with dull greenish-yellow spine and corners.

1600-1700Iceland

Árni Magnússon: OwnerJón Guttormsson: OwnerNote in Árni Magnússon's hand reads: "Þessa sogu bok a vnderskrifadur Jon Guthormsson manu sua Holmum Anno 1712."

Last update: 2015-02-12

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