Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 560 d 4to

AM 560 d 4to (1707, Iceland)
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavík
1. (1r-18r) Sörla saga sterkaIcelandicNote: Incomplete.2. (19r-122v) Egils saga SkallagrímssonarIcelandicNote: Incomplete. Ends on chapter LIX: 'Langt þykkir mér, ligg ég einnsaman, kall af gamall á kóngs...'.Note: First stanza of Sonatorrek among the big poems.

CodexPaper122215mm x 165mmYesLater foliationGood: Some pages missing.145mm x 123mmUnknownChancerySole

Info: Same scribe as AM 560 a 4to and AM 560 b-c 4to.

High

Paratext (flourished-title): Flourished title on fol. 1r.
Initial (flourished): Flourished initial on fol. 1r, and most of the first line is also flourished. Initials of chapters are flourished throughout (see for example fols. 25r, 26v, 32v, 48r, 50r, 51r-v, 75r, 83r, 92r, 112v).
Other (flourished): The first lines of chapters are bold and flourished throughout (see for example fols. 20v and 21r, 70r, 97r, 108v).
Paratext (flourished): Page titles flourished in some places, especially in the first part of the manuscript (see for example fols. 16v -18r, 64r, 65r, 66r).
Marginal: Leaf and flower decorations in the bottom margin, see for example fols. 15v, 19r-32r, 63r, 64r, 65r, 68r-v, 78v.
Paratext (catchwords): Catchwords often contain pen flourishes (cf. fols. 37r, 42r).
Miniature (secondary): Pen drawing of bird with flower decorations on fol. 16r.
Other (flourished): Floral pointer in the outer margin. 80r.
Secondary: Knotwork on fol. 18r.

Low

Corrections in the margin on fol. 122v.

Plain (later)

Dimensions: 224mm x 170mm x 27mm.

1707
Iceland

Last update: 2015-02-11

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