AM 748 I 4to
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Template:Short description AM 748 I 4to is an Icelandic vellum manuscript fragment containing several Eddaic poems. It dates to the beginning of the 14th century. AM 748 I is split into two parts. AM 748 I a 4to is kept in the Arnamagnæan Institute in Copenhagen. AM 748 I b 4to is kept at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies in Reykjavík.[1] The six sheets which have been preserved of AM 748 I a 4to contain the following poems, all mythological.[2]
- Grímnismál (complete)
- Hymiskviða (complete)
- Baldrs draumar (complete)
- Skírnismál (partial)
- Hárbarðsljóð (partial)
- Vafþrúðnismál (partial)
- Völundarkviða (only the beginning of the prose prologue)
AM 748 I a 4to is the only mediaeval manuscript to preserve Baldrs draumar. The other poems are also preserved in Codex Regius.
References
- AM 748 I 4to Facsimile edition and information.