Codex Regius's lyrics & chords

Cōdex Rēgius (which is Latin for "Royal 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...read more