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
Commentary Volume:
No
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