Lives of saints
- Title:
- Lives of saints
- Library:
- Kungliga Biblioteket
- Language:
- Old Norse (Icelandic)
- City:
- STOCKHOLM, Sweden
- Shelf Mark:
- Perg. fol. nr. 2
- Alternate Names:
- Stock. perg. fol. nr. 2, Stock. 2,
- Origin:
- Iceland
- Dimensions:
- 86 folios --
- Date Description:
- Early 15th century.
- Content:
- Contains twenty-six lives of saints (some only fragmentary).
- Illuminations:
- Yes
- Type of Decoration:
- illuminated initials, a few with human face -- Human figures sketched in margins in four places
- Musical Notation:
- No
- Call Number:
- Special Collections Rare Books XLarge BX 4654 .S7 1962 Non-Circulating
- Nature of Facsimile:
- Complete -- Monochrome.
- Series:
- Early Icelandic manuscripts in facsimile, 4
- Publication Date:
- 1962
- Place of Publication:
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Publisher:
- Rosenkilde and Bagger
- Printer:
- Det Berlingske Bogtrykkeri (Copenhagen)
- Notes:
- Other names: Peter Foote.
- Type of Text:
- hagiographical, legendary, prose, vernacular