Photographic reproduction of the first five pages of Codex Regius, as it was written down by Saemund the Wise a thousand years ago. Voluspa covers the first four pages and ends on page 5, where Havamal begins on line 4. Note Bishop Brynjolv's monogram (Lupus Loricatus) at the bottom of the first page, and the date when he acquired it, 1643.
Reproduced with permission from the Arna Magnussonar Collections in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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