Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

NKS 1804 4to

NKS 1804 4to (1681)
Det Kongelige Bibliotek, KøbenhavnFormer shelf mark: Suhm's collection no. 1294 4to
1. (1r-7v) Þorsteins þáttur bæjarmagns (defective)Icelandicdotter skieggia a myrumhafa þær giafer verid. var olafur kongur2. (8r-8v) Nitida saga (defective)Icelandichofdingia vilia j liv: kongur vard harla gladurog lykur hier sogu af Nytida, hinni frægu. Finis.3. (9r-16v) Sigurgarðs saga frækna (defective)IcelandicHier byriar søgu Af sigurgarde hinum fræknaFyrer Austgørdum Riede, kongur sa er Rygardur, hiethafe sa þock er lais(?), og þeir ed hlyddu, enn hnier ø þock er ohliod giordu.endad þann 27 Novembris 1681Note: lacuna after fol. 14 and on the lower part of fol. 16

CodexPaperiv, 19, ii205mm x 165mmLater foliationAverage: much better after conservation190mm x 150mmNoUnknownSemihybridaSole

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Low

On the recto side of the former binding (now front flyleaf 3), there is a note in a later hand (18th c.) about the origin and context of the fragments. Yet a different hand added a table of content to that same flyleaf.

Plain (later)

Plain brown library binding. A sticker with the shelf mark on the front board.

1681Unknown

Peter Frederik Suhm: Owner

Last update: 2013-05-30

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