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| Keywords: Lbs fragm 82, 0001r - 0.jpg en Kringlublaðið the Kringla leaf is a vellum manuscript leaf dated c 1260 the only one to survive from a manuscript called Kringla that was destroyed in the 1728 great fire of Copenhagen Kringla was well known as the best manuscript of the great set of historical sagas known as Heimskringla written by the thirteenth-century writer and statesman Snorri Sturluson 1178-1241 The leaf was found in the Royal Library in Stockholm and is likely to have been in Stockholm from the late seventeenth century During his state visit in Iceland in 1975 King Carl Gustav XVI presented the manuscript leaf to the Icelandic people for preservation in the National Library The text to be found on the leaf is from Óláfs saga helga the saga of King Ólafur the Saint the longest of Heimskringla's 16 sagas about the kings of Scandinavia 2013-06-28 11 37 43 http //handrit is/en/manuscript/view/is/LbsFragm-0082 National and University Library of Iceland Custom license marker 2013 06 28 PD-scan Uploaded with UploadWizard Icelandic medieval manuscripts Icelandic language Snorri Sturluson Heimskringla Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden | ||||
