Manuscript Detail

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AM 2 fol.

Völsunga saga and Ragnars saga loðbrókar with Krákumal ; Iceland, 1600-1699

Note

The two sagas are, without distinction, divided into 60 chapters.

1 (pp. 1-64)

Völsunga saga

Rubric

„Saga Af Ragnar Lod|brők Og Mørgumm kőngumm merkelegumm.“

Incipit

„I Capitulum | Hier Hefur Vpp Og Seiger fra þeim | manne er Sige er nefndur.“

Explicit

„ok vard þeim þad ad alldr laghi.“

Bibliography

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

Language of Text

Icelandic

Text Class

Mythical-heroic sagas

2 (pp. 64-102)

Ragnars saga loðbrókar

Incipit

„XLI Capitulum | Heimir J hlyms dólumm Spir nu þesse tijdinde“

Explicit

„Ok þetta þotti monnum | vndarligt ok saugdu sijþan fra audrumm monnum.“

Bibliography

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

Language of Text

Icelandic

Text Class

Mythical-heroic sagas

3 (pp. 102-107)

Krákumál

Rubric

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

Incipit

„Hiuggumm ver met hiørvi | hitt var ej fÿrer laungu“

Explicit

„Lijfs eru lidnar stunder Hlæande skal ek deÿa.“

Bibliography

Rafn, Krákumál1826 p. 89-152 Ed. 2

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

Language of Text

Icelandic

Text Class

Poetry

Physical Description

Support

Paper.

No. of leaves

54. 287 mm x 182 mm.

Foliation

The manuscript is paginated 1-107 in the outer top corners, and foliated 1-54 in red ink by Kålund in the top margins.

Collation

Catchwords on every page.

Layout

The manuscript is written in one colum with 28 to 30 lines per page. Krákumál on pp. 102-107 is written in two colums.

Script

Written by Páll Sveinsson.

Binding

The manuscript was formerly bound in a Latin liturgical book with musical notation, written in Iceland in the fifteenth century, now Acc. 7b, Hs 34. Size of the binding: 295 mm x 190 mm x 19 mm.

Accompanying Material

There are two AM-slips, (a) and (b), found in the manuscript informing about possible scribes of the manuscript. Slip (a) reads: Bryniolfr Einarsson seger, ad þessa | Ragnars Saga se hverki skrifud | af Kolbeine Hannessyne nie Ple (α) | Sveinssyne. Og verd eg þ ad | corrigera þad, sem eg (in registro | qvodam) hefi skrifad um hnd-|ena ä Ragnars Sgu og Explicatione Sigurdrïfumla i bők | þesse er eg feck fra Þorlake | Þordarsyne; Item Sgubokinne | sem stendr in Bibliotheca Re-|Seniana pag. 259. α] Sr. Gisle Alfsson helldr þő fyr-|er vïst ad þetta sie hnd Pls | Sveinssonar. Seger og ad hnd Pls | hafi umbreitst j þvi Ple hafi daprast siőn, og kunni þvi tvennar | hans hendur őlïkar ad vera.

History

Origin

Written in Iceland in the seventeenth century.

Additional

Record History

Catalogued February 19, 2008 by Silvia Hufnagel.

Custodial History

The parchment binding cover was taken off and catalogued as Acc. 7b, HS 34 in 1911. Restored 9-31 March 1981 by Birgitte Dall. 9 June - 14 July 1997 cleaned and checked by Mette Jakobsen.

Surrogates

Microfilm (master), G neg 1, s.d. (before restoration).
Microfilm (archive), G pos 1, s.d.
Microfilm (supplement), Neg. 590, from 1980 (prior to restoration).
Microfilm (supplement), Pos 948, from December 18, 2006
Microfilm (back-up), TS1, 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 (suppl.) Neg 590).
Black and white prints from February 1980 (prior to restoration).
Black and white prints (supplement) from November 1980 (prior to restoration).
Diapositives (6x6), Neg lomme nr. 21, from November 12, 1997 (portraits).
Diapositives (6x6) (supplement), Neg lomme nr. 24, from November 17, 1997 (spine).