Codex Regius
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codex-regius-255-7367430
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Codex Regius
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Codex Regius or GKS 2365 4º is an Icelandic codex in which many Old Norse poems from the Poetic Edda are preserved. Thought to have been written during the 1270s, it is made up of 45 vellum leaves. The work originally contained a further eight leaves, which are now missing. It is the sole source for most of the poems it contains. In scholarly texts, this manuscript is commonly abbreviated as [R] for Codex Regius, or as [K] for Konungsbók. The codex was discovered in 1643, when it came into the p
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Icelandic manuscript of Old Norse poems
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2023-12-15T12:44:53Z
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