Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

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AM 1 a fol.

AM 1 a fol. (1640-1660, Iceland)
Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen
1. (1r:1-14r:3) Sögubrot af nokkrum fornkonungum í Dana og SvíaveldiIcelandicSaugubrot. Af nockrumm fornköngumm j Dana ok Svia velde Jvari Vydfadma Hræreke Helga inumm Hvassa Harallde Hilldetønn med Bravallar bardaga ok nockud af Sigurde Hring epter þui sem fundizt hafa ritud a nidlags Saurblada rifrilldumm SunndurlausThis is a copy of the defective manuscript AM 1 e β fol. made by Sr. Jón Erlendsson í Villingaholti.1.1. (1r:1-8r:19) 1. Brot vmm konbonar før Helga Hins Hvassa til Audar Hinnar Diupaudgv Jvars döttur Vïdfadma j Sviaryke Og taalsvør Jvars vpphafslaust. Ord Audar vid fodur sinn frammberannde eirinde Helga med vnderhyggiu.1.1.1. (1r:1-7v:14) ** Se eg ad þetta mäl þarf ad litt se a a lopt borid ad menn bidie myn.og qveþr hann blyþumm ordumm og fógrum ***Note: After the texts is a note reading: "Hier wanntar miked vid framm ad ellidogumm Haralldar Hilldetannar."1.1.2. (8r:1-8r:19) *** Og a einv hauste sotte hann a funnd Harallds kongsenn annar Þrøndur gamli.1.2. (8v:1-14r:3) Bravallar bardagi midli Harallds kongs Hilldetannar. Og Sigurdar Hrings.Ok er Haralldur köngur Hilldetønn var ordinn so gamall er hann hafde halft annad hundrad vetraþuiad allt forellri alfhilldar

CodexPaperii, 19, i305mm x 190mmCoat of arms with mitre and flanked by rampant lions visible on second front flyleaf.Contemporary pagination and later foliation: Paginated (1-37) on recto leaves in upper corners. Later foliation (1-14) in red ink by Kålund beneath pagination (now somewhat faded as a result of conservation). Refoliated in pencil (1-19) by Mariane Overgaard in 1980 during conservation.Good235mm x 120mmJón ErlendssonTextualisMajor

Info: Written, apart from fol. 12, by Jón Erlendsson from Villingaholt in a clear, seventeenth-century Gothic book hand.

UnknownTextualisMinor

Info: Fol. 12 has been added later to replace a missing leaf; the hand is younger but appears consciously to imitate the hand of the main scribe.

Low

Initial: Floriated initial on fol. 5r.

Low

Additional slip at the front of the volume in the hand of AM reads: "Fragment um Bravallar bardaga. Feinged til lans af Jone Þorlaks syne 1709. Sidan til kaups 1710. Er med hendi Sr Jons i Villinga hollte, og var innbunded i bok med ödrum sögum."

Plain (later)

Bound in Árni Magnússon's time in limp vellum over paper boards.

1640-1660
Iceland

Árni Magnússon: OwnerJón Þorláksson: OwnerAccording to the inserted slip, Árni Magnússon borrowed the manuscript from Jón Þorláksson in 1709 and purchased it from him in 1710.

Last update: 2013-07-02

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