Manuscript Detail

AM 6 fol.

Völsunga saga and Ragnars saga loðbrókar with Krákumál ; Iceland, 1632-1672

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

Contents

1 (1r-53r)
Völsunga saga
Rubric

„SAga Af RAgnar Lodbrők | Ok Mørgumm Kőngumm merkelegum.“

Filiation

Copy of NKS 1824 b 4to?

Incipit

„I. CAp. | Hier hefur upp, ok seiger fr þeim | manne, er Sigi er nefndr.“

Explicit

„ ok vard þeim þad ad alldur laghi:“

Bibliography

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

Language of Text
Icelandic
Text Class
Mythical-heroic sagas
2 (53r-85v)
Ragnars saga loðbrókar
Filiation

Copy of NKS 1824 b 4to?

Incipit

„4I. CAp. | Heimir i Hlymzdølumm spyr nu þesse tijþindi“

Explicit

„Ok þetta þotti monnum undarligt ok saughdu sijdann | fra audrumm monnumm.“

Bibliography

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

Language of Text
Icelandic
Text Class
Mythical-heroic sagas
3 (85v-91v)
Krákumál
Rubric

„6I. CAp. Krku ml, er sumer kalla | Lodbrőkar qvidu.“

Filiation

Copy of NKS 1824 b 4to?

Incipit

„Hiuum ver met hiørvi | hitt var ei fyrer laungu“

Explicit

„Lfs ero lidnar stunder | Hlæande skal ek deÿa“

Bibliography

Rafn, Krákumál1826 p. 127-130 and 140:3-151 fols 89r:11-20 and 90r:25-91v p. 89-127 and 130-140:3 fols 86r-89r:10 and 89r:21-90r:24, ed. 6 and m

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

Language of Text
Icelandic
Text Class
Poetry

Physical Description

Support

Paper.

No. of leaves
91. 300 mm x 205 mm.
Foliation

Foliated in red ink in the top right-hand corners by Kålund. An older pagination 133-314 can be seen on the top outer corners.

Collation

There are catchwords on fols 42v, 43v, 53v, 67r and 80v.

Layout

Written in one column with 22-27 lines per page. Running titles.

Script

Written by Jón Erlendsson.

Additions

The scribe, Jón Erlendsson, added variants to Krákumál to compare to Ole Worm´s edition. There are marginalia throughout the manuscript, of which some may be by Torfæus.

History

Origin

The manuscript was written in Iceland in the seventeenth century by Jón Erlendsson. It might once have been part of a larger codex.

Additional

Record History

Catalogued February 21, 2008 by Silvia Hufnagel.

Updated December 05, 2023 by Jakob Þrastarson.

Bibliography

Title: Fornaldar sögur Nordrlanda: Eptir gömlum handritum
Editor: Rafn, Carl Christian
Title: Katalog over Den Arnamagnæanske Håndskriftsamling
Editor: Kålund, Kristian
Title: Krakas Maal eller Kvad om Kong Ragnar Lodbroks Krigsbedrifter og Heltedød efter en gammel Skindbog og flere hidtil ubenyttede Haandskrifter med Dansk, Latinsk og Fransk Oversættelse, forskjellige Læsemaader samt kritiske og philologiske Anmærkninger
Editor: Rafn, C. C.
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