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AM 3 fol.

Völsunga saga ; Iceland or Denmark, 1600-1699

Note

The two sagas are, without distinction, divided into 61 chapters.

1 (pp. 1-104)

Völsunga saga

Rubric

„Saga Af Ragnar Lod-|brok ok Morgum kongum | Merkelegum.“

Incipit

„1. Cap. | Hier hefur upp og seiger fra þeim | Manne er Sigi er nefndur.“

Explicit

„ok vard þeim þad ad | alldur lægi.“

Bibliography

Rafn, Fornaldar Sögur Nordrlanda I p. 113-234 Ed. F

Language of Text

Icelandic

Text Class

Mythical-heroic sagas

2 (pp. 104-168)

Ragnars saga loðbrókar

Incipit

„XLI. Cap. | Heimir i Hlyms dólum (Heimdlum) | spyr nu þeße tïðinde“

Explicit

„Og þetta þötte mønnum undarlegt ok | Saugdu Siðann frá ødrum Mónnum.“

Bibliography

Rafn, Fornaldar Sögur Nordrlanda I p. 235-299 Ed. F

Language of Text

Icelandic

Text Class

Mythical-heroic sagas

3 (pp. 169-180)

Krákumál

Rubric

„Krku Ml | Er Sumer Kalla | Lodbrőkar qvidu.“

Incipit

„I. | Hiuggum Ver met Hiørvi, | Hitt var ei fyrer laungu,“

Explicit

„Lifs ero lidnar stunder | Læande skol ek deya.“

Bibliography

Rafn, Krákumál1826 p. 89-152 Ed. 3

Rafn, Fornaldar Sögur Nordrlanda I p. 300-310 Ed. F

Language of Text

Icelandic

Text Class

Poetry

Physical Description

Support

Paper.

No. of leaves

90. 312 mm x 197 mm.

Foliation

Foliated 1-90 in red ink by Kålund in the top margins; older pagination 1-180 in the outer top corners.

Layout

Written in one column with 29 to 39 lines per page.

Additions

There are several marginalia in the manuscript, some by Árni Magnússon.

Binding

The manuscript was formerly bound in a Latin liturgical book with musical notation, written in Iceland in the third quarter of the fifteenth century, now Access 7aβ, HS 2.

History

Origin

Written in Iceland or Denmark in the seventeenth century.

Additional

Record History

Recorded February 19, 2008 by Silvia Hufnagel.

Custodial History

The parchment binding cover was taken off and catalogued as Acc. 7aβ, HS 2 in 1911. Restored March 23, 1981 by Birgitte Dall. Cleaned and checked 9 June - 14 July 1997 by Mette Jakobsen">.

Surrogates

Microfilm (master), G neg 1, s.d. (before restoration).
Microfilm (archive), G pos 2, s.d.
Microfilm (supplement), Neg. 590, from 1980 (prior to restoration).
Microfilm (supplement) Pos 948 December 18, 2006.
Black and white prints from March 1980 (prior to restoration).
Black and white prints (supplement) from November 1980 (prior to restoration).
Diapositives (6x6), Neg. lomme Nr. 21+22, from November 12, 1997 (portraits after restoration).
diapositives (6x6) (supplement), Neg. lomme Nr. 24, from November 17, 1997 (spine after restoration).
Microfilm (back-up), TS 2, from September 28, 1998 (back-up of Microfilm (master) G Neg 1).
Microfilm (back-up), TS 815, from July 08, 2004 (back-up of Microfilm (supplement) Neg. 590).