Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

Winnipeg MS 8vo

Winnipeg MS 8vo (1832, Iceland)
Elizabeth Dafoe Library, Winnipeg
1. (1r-60v) 1001 Nights [Excerpts, Icelandic]IcelandicHier skrifast sagan af Prins Calaf og Prinsessu TuraNote: According to Sigurgeir Steingrímssonar a translation belonging to the collection of Þúsund og einum degi, but is not known anywhere else.Note: 36 chapters2. (61r-72v) Ævintýri af BryðiIcelandicEitt æfintír af einum fursta er kalladur er Bryde hvur er komst til storss heidurs erptir langar þrautir og mædu, hvad historian útvisar3. (73r-unknown) Örvar-Odds sagaIcelandicEndad þann 7. Aprilis 1832 af Gunnlaugij Jonssyni ä Strönd i Vallaneskyrjusókn4. (-) Assorted unidentified texts

CodexPaperGunnlaugur JónssonUnknownMajor

Info: Item three is in the hand of Gunnlaugur Jónsson

1832IcelandNote: Item 3 was completed in 1832.

The Jón Bjarnason Academy, Winnipeg: Owner

Last update: 2013-06-25

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