Stockholm Kungliga biblioteket Cod. Holm. D 4

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Manuscript Identification

Reference Number
OldSwedish1
Siglum / Shelfmark
Cod. Holm. D 4
Page / Folio range
k xxv-l xiij

Textual Content & Tradition

Standardised title of narrative




Translated / adapted from (Version/Text)
Latin Redaction L
Source for textual relationship


Digitisation & Editions

Note

  • incomplete: "the beginning of the frame story is wanting" (Bampi 2007, p. 19)
  • the stories are introduced by the phrase "oc ther mz byrjadhe han/hon sit äwintyr", the latter as a translation of lat. exemplum and fabula (see Bampi 2014, p. 251)

Authorship & Production


Date of Production
1400 - 1450
Source of Date of Production

Physical Description

Material
Height
"-110" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 105.105-110
Width
"-300" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 295.295-300


Illustrations
No

Contents & Additional Texts

Other texts in the Manuscript
- various very different texts (secular and religious) in Old Swedish, Latin, Middle Low German

examples being:

  • the three Eufemiavisor
  • a translation of two branches of Karlamagnús saga (Karl Magnus)
  • Konung Alexander
  • psalms and prayers
  • texts used for practical reasons such as The Farmer's Almanac, veterinary notes for cattle, a tract on digestion, a tract on urinoscopy

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue
Modern Research Literature


Research Material

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