Codex Regius / Sæmundar Edda in Icelandic
In a very good condition. Binding : Hardcover - Language : Icelandic - Publisher : Íslendingasagnaútgáfan - Year Printed : 1959
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The codex was discovered in 1643, when it came into the possession of Brynjólfur Sveinsson, then Bishop of Skálholt
in Iceland, who in 1662 sent it as a gift to King Frederick III of Denmark; hence the name. It was then kept in
the Royal Library in Copenhagen until April 21, 1971, when it was brought back to Reykjavík, and is now kept
in the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies. Because air travel at the time was not entirely trustworthy
with such precious cargo, it was transported by ship, accompanied by a military escort.
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