Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:
AM 12 b fol.
AM 12 b fol. (1600-1699, Iceland)
Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen
1. (1r-25v) Hrólfs saga krakaIcelandicspurdu huadann þeir være ad komnirOg hielltt svo hver heim til sinna heim kynna.AM 12 b fol. is the exemplar of the relevant part of AM 9 fol.Note: Fragment.
CodexPaperi, 25, i317mm x 197mmThe watermark resembles a horse in a half circle.Later foliation: Foliation in faded red ink by Kålund in the middle upper margin or upper right hand corner, where the leaves are not damaged. Newer foliation in pencil at the same place.Poor: The manuscript was in very poor condition prior to repairs. The edges have crumbled off.234mm x 146mmNoJón ErlendssonSemihybridaSole
Info: Main text in semihybrida, rubrics in chancery.
Low
  • Paratext: Two little horizontal curls at the end of some sections, for example on 1r, 18v
Low
  • Very little marginalia. Some illegible writing at the edges. A hardly legible name written at the bottom of 14r. "NB" at the bottom of 20r, where Bjarki realises that the old man he and Hrolf had encountered was Odin.
Plain (later)
The manuscript is currently bound in a modern binding from 1983: BD-standard binding with leather spine and corners, canvas lining. Dimensions: 317 x 206 x 12mm. The original binding is preserved and stored in a separate case: soft grey cardboard binding with solid spine from ca. 1770 with the title "Hrolfs Kraka Saga" and "No 12 B." written on the front.
1600-1699
Iceland
Last update: 2013-02-01

 

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