Manuscript Detail

The materials are held in a single paper folder (236 mm x 184 mm) labelled E.

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.

There is no foliation.

Bifolium.

Written in a single column with 22 lines per page.

The written area is 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 Joen Morthensen (Jógvan Mortansson í Trøðum), Sandur, Sandoy, on 15 January 1823.

Written by V. U. Hammershaimb.

Recorded by V. U. Hammershaimb in 1847 from the informant Jacob Hansen (Jákup í Ovastahúsi), Skálavík, Sandoy.

The manuscript went missing sometime after being edited in CCF.

Written by V. U. Hammershaimb.

Recorded by V. U. Hammershaimb in 1848 from the informant Birthe Sophie Jacobsdatter (Birita á Mýri), Vágur, Suðuroy.

The manuscript went missing sometime after being edited in CCF.

Written by V. U. Hammershaimb.

Recorded by V. U. Hammershaimb in 1848 from the informant Ole Jespersen, Hov, Suðuroy.

The manuscript went missing sometime after being edited in CCF.

There is no foliation.

Bifolium followed by a loose leaf.

Written in a single column with 32 to 36 lines per column.

The written area is 205 mm x 165 mm.

The paper is in good condition.

Written by V. U. Hammershaimb.

Recorded by V. U. Hammershaimb in 1847 from the informant Johannes Lucassen, Skálavík, Sandoy.

There is no foliation.

• I: 6+9, 7+8

Written in a single column with 20 lines per page.

The written area is 190 mm x 150 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 J. Michael Widerøe (Mikal á Reyni), Sandur, Sandoy, on March 31, 1823.