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55/214
| Country of Location: |
Country of Location
Switzerland
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| Location: |
Location Cologny |
| Library / Collection: |
Library / Collection
Fondation Martin Bodmer
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| Shelfmark: | Shelfmark Cod. Bodmer 60/2 |
| Manuscript Title: | Manuscript Title Edda Sæmundar Sigfússonar fróða |
| Caption: | Caption Paper · XXII + 366 + XX pp. · 31.8 x 17.4 cm · Iceland · 1762 |
| Language: |
Language
Icelandic, Danish |
| Manuscript Summary: | Manuscript Summary The manuscript contains a text of the Elder or Poetic Edda, sometimes referred to as Sæmundar Edda, in the (mistaken) belief that it had been compiled by the late 11th/early 12th-century Icelandic priest Sæmundur Sigfússon, known as Sæmundur fróði (the wise). According to the manuscript’s preface, it was copied from a copy made by Páll Jónsson Vídalín (1667-1727) of Árni Magnússon's autograph copy of the Codex Regius (GKS 2365 4to), but also contains texts of several other poems that were considered part of the Eddic corpus but are not found in Codex Regius. In an afterward, it says that the manuscript was written in 1762 by Halldór Bjarnason Vídalín (1736-1801) at Reykir in Miðfjörður based on an exemplar provided by his father, Bjarni Halldórsson, sheriff of Húnavatnssýsla. It is further stated that the manuscript was copied for one Charles Bertram, an expatriate British antiquarian resident in Copenhagen. |
| Standard description: | Standard description Catalogued by Prof. Matthew Driscoll (Copenhagen) in February 2026.Show standard description |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | DOI (Digital Object Identifier 10.5076/e-codices-fmb-cb-0060-2 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-fmb-cb-0060-2) |
| Permanent link: | Permanent link http://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0060-2 |
| IIIF Manifest URL: |
IIIF Manifest URL
http://e-codices.ch/metadata/iiif/fmb-cb-0060-2/manifest.json
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| How to quote: | How to quote Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 60/2: Edda Sæmundar Sigfússonar fróða (http://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0060-2). |
| Online Since: | Online Since 04/16/2026 |
| Rights: | Rights Images:
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| Document Type: |
Document Type
Manuscript |
| Century: |
Century
18th century |
| Dated: |
Dated
1762 |
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