Manuscript Detail

Written in the Faroe Islands in the nineteenth century.

The manuscript materials were part of V. U. Hammershaimb's private archive and were originally intended for Det kgl. nordiske Oldskriftselskab. They were given to the Arnamagnæan Collection following Hammershaimb's death in 1909.

Paginated 1-14 in pencil at the bottom of every leaf.

• I: 1+clipped leaf, 2+7, 3+6, 4+5

Written in a single column with between 24 and 33 lines.

The written area measures 155-170 mm x 85 mm.

Part of the text on fol. 5v and the entirety of fols. 6r-7v (as well as the clipped eighth leaf) is written upside-down compared to the first folios.

There is some water damage.

An original eighth leaf has been clipped to 7 mm. Some text is still visible.

Written by J. H. Schrøter.

Written on the Faroe Islands in the nineteenth century. The final item was recorded from the informant Elsebeth Poulsdatter (Elsebeth í Túni) who had been Schrøter's housekeeper. In the colophon he writes her nord paa, referring to Tórshavn, Streymoy, where he moved in 1828, meaning the item cannot have been written before that date.

There is no foliation.

• I: 8+11, 9+10

Written in a single column with 22 lines per page.

The written area measures 190 mm x 165 mm.

The paper is in good condition.

Written by Johannes Clemensen (Jóannes í Króki).

Clemensen writes in Sandoyarbók that he recorded the ballad from the informant Lauritz Olesen (Læars í Stórhúsi), Dalur, Sandoy, on 16 January 1823.