AM 748 I 4to

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AM 748 I 4to is an Icelandic vellum manuscript fragment containing several Eddaic poems. It dates to the beginning of the 14th century. The six sheets which have been preserved contain the following poems, all mythological.

Grímnismál (complete)
Hymiskviða (complete)
Baldrs draumar (complete)
Skírnismál (partial)
Hárbarðsljóð (partial)
Vafþrúðnismál (partial)
Völundarkviða (only the beginning of the prose prologue)

AM 748 I 4to is the only mediaeval manuscript to preserve Baldrs draumar. The other poems are also preserved in Codex Regius.

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[AM 748 I 4to] Facsimile edition and information

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