Grettisfærsla

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Title

Grettisfærsla

Subject

The old Icelandic poem Grettisfærsla (‘The Handing on of Grettir’)

Description

AM 556 a 4to is a manuscript containing the only known surviving copy of the poem Grettisfærsla, as mentioned in chapter 52 of Grettir's Saga (GR). The roughly 400-line poem was scraped from the parchment, rendering all but the incipit illegible. Modern imaging technology has allowed for a nearly-complete recovery of the text, however.

Source

Sigurgarðs saga frækna — Saga af Sigurgarði hinum frækna; Iceland

Publisher

Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection

Date

1475-1499 CE

Format

Ink on parchment

Language

Old Norse

Type

Manuscript

Identifier

AM 556 a 4to

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