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Codex Regius (which is
Latin for "King's Book", in
Icelandic Konungsbók) (GKS 2365 4to) is an
Icelandic
manuscript (
See also Codex) in which the
Poetic Edda is preserved. It is made up of 45 vellum leaves, thought to have been written in the
1270s. It originally contained a further 8 leaves, which are now missing. It is the sole source for most of the poems it contains.
Nothing is known of its whereabouts until
1643 when it came into the possession of
Brynjólfur Sveinsson, then Bishop of
Skálholt, who sent it as a present to King
Frederick III of Denmark in
1662, 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. Since air travel wasn't to be entirely trusted at the time with such precious cargo, it was transported by ship, accompanied by a military escort.
One of the principal manuscripts of the
Prose Edda (GKS 2367 4to) also goes by the name of the Codex Regius. It is made up of 55 vellum pages dating from the early 14th century. It was part of the same gift from Bishop Brynjólfur to Frederick III. It was returned to Iceland in 1985, where it's now also in the
Árni Magnússon Institute.
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