Codex Frisianus (Sagas of the Kings of Norway): MS. No. 45 Fol. in the Arnamagnaean Collection in the University Library of Copenhagen

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Oversized, 3/4 white cloth and blue paper boards, red, blue and gilt emblem on front cover, black spine lettering; 11 pp text followed by bw facsimiles numbered 1 through 124. Text in English with facsimiles in Icelandic. Introduction by Halldor Hermannsson. "The Codex Frisianus, or Frissbok as it is called in icelandick, is to be found in the Arna-Magnoea Collection No. 45 Fol, in the Univeristy Library of Copenhagen. It consists of fourteen quires of eight leaves each, one of three leaves (81-83) and one of nine (116-124), or 124 leaves in all. The contents are divided into two parts as follows: 1. The Sagas of the Kings of Norway, by Snorri Sturlason, a work which since the beginning of the eighteenth century has universally been known as the HEIMSKRINGLA, but to be found here without its central portion,k the Saga of St. Olaf, ff. Ia-8 3b. 2. The Saga of King Hakon Hakonsson the Old, by Sturla Thordsson, ff. 84a - 124a. The Codex is a specimen of the efforts of fourteenth century scribes to bring together, or to present, within the covers of one volume a continuous history of the Norwegian Kings, by copying the various Kings' Sagas, generally in a somewhat abridged form. The present codex includes, however, only the first and the last parts of such a history." - Introduction. VG- (shelfwear and soiling to boards, slight curling to top right corner of front boards, very slight damp staining to bottom corner of title half page and title page, pages are lightly age toned but otherwise very clean and clear, binding is tight). N° de ref. del artículo 188941

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