Detaljer om håndskriftet

The manuscript is not foliated.

• I: fols. 1-8 (1+8, 2+7, 3+6, 4+5)

The manuscript is written in a single column with 32-36 lines per page.

The dimensions of the written area are ca. 155 mm x 70 mm."

The paper shows some water damage, especially at the tail-end.

The paper has clearly been folded.

The entire manuscript is written in a single hand.

There are various emendations in the main text, though especially in the second táttur.

The manuscript was given in an envelope (160 mm x 230 mm). On it is written in pencil „Götosjeggja Qvaje 70 strofer jvf. Føroya kvæði VI nr. 235 ukendt kvæde 70 + 43 strofe“. Another hand has added in red ink „= slutn. af Gøtuskeggja kv. jfr. Gylta bók (v. Jóannes Patursson, fotogr. udg. 1979, s. 27-41)“. On the back is written in blue ink with additions in red ink „Tilhører Gave fra Johanne Bichel Birkebakken Holte. Formidlet gennem Iver Kjær 1986“.

Written in the nineteenth century.

The manuscript was donated by Johanne Bichel via Iver Kjær in 1986.