Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 587 c 4to

AM 587 c 4to (1655, Iceland)
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavík
1. (1r:11-32r:18) Göngu-Hrólfs sagaIcelandicHier byriar søgu af Hrolfe Sturlaugs sine, sem Gøngu Hrolfur kallastHroggvidur er kongur nefndur er riede fyrir Garda rykeAnno 1655 31 martiNote: First ten lines on fol. 1r (Hrólfs saga kraka?) are heavily struck through and illegible. 28(?) lines struck through on fol. 32v (Saulus saga ok Nikanors?).

CodexPaperii, 32, i204mm x 160mmYesLater foliation: Foliated in the upper corners of recto leaves. Signed [P5-8], Q-S8, T1-4.Good140mm x 110mmUnknownKurrentSole

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Medium

Marginal additions in the hand of Árni Magnússon.
Two inserted slips in the hand of AM. The first reads: "þetta utslietta er aptan af Hrolfs Sógu kraka", and the second: "þetta utsletta synest veraer ad visu framan af Saulus og Nicanor".
Marginal note (in AM's hand?) on fol. 1r reads: "Hrolfs Saga Sturl: s: er nockru fillre i sumum exempl: af hvórium her eru excerperaðar res maximi momenti: vide omnino membran. meam"

Plain

Rebound in June 1982. Grey-brown and olive library binding.

1655
Iceland

Árni Magnússon: Owner

Last update: 2015-02-11

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