Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

BL Add. 4866

BL Add. 4866 (1700-1799)
British Library, London
1. (4r-7v) Skjöldunga sagaIcelandic2. (7v-53v) Ólafs saga TryggvasonarIcelandic3. (53v-58r) Hervarar saga og Heiðreks [Riddles]IcelandicNote: Fragment4. (58r-63v) VafþrúðnismálIcelandic5. (63v-69r) Notes on Vafþrúðnismál ???Icelandic6. (69r-71r) Baldurs draumarIcelandicVegtams kvida7. (71r-72v) Commentary on Baldurs draumarIcelandic8. (72v-73v) Various ListsIcelandicEyar heite9. (73v-106v) Snorra EddaIcelandicNote: Extracts with commentary10. (106v-107r) Ljúflings LjóðIcelandic

CodexPaperii, 102, ii320mm x 100mmContemporary foliationGood293mm x 82mmUnknownKurrentSole

Info: Unknown, poetry is in chancery and prose in kurrent

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Plain (later)

1700-1799

Sir Joseph Banks: Owner

Last update: 2013-01-04

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