Edison Cylinder Records 1889 1912

Digital images of manuscripts and books covering the entire range of Icelandic sagas. The manuscripts are nearly all in Old Norse or Icelandic. Books can be in any European language, as a number of saga translations are included. Site also includes Germanic/Nordic mythology (the Eddas), the history of the Norwegian kings, contemporary sagas and tales from the European age of chivalry, Icelandic ballads, poetry and epigrams. Works are from the collections of the National and University Library of Iceland, the Fiske Icelandic Collection at Cornell University, and the Árni Magnússon Institute. Site is available in both English and Icelandic interfaces.