Islendzk aeventyri

H. Gering compiled these (mostly ecclesiastical) tales from old handwritten Icelandic vellum and paper manuscripts into a two-volume set. The first volume contained the legends, tales and novellas in a "standardized" old Norse/Icelandic. Volume II relates most of these tales (excepting those commonly found elsewhere at that time) in German. Both volumes contain extensive detailed foreword information on Gering's processes and work, and back matter (old Norse glossary, bibliography, etc.). A summary of the Volume content follows: VOLUME I Dedicated to Gustaf Cederschiöld, this Volume comprises in turn, Books 1 (legends) and 2 (novellas and tales): • Preface (ca. 35 pp.) describing the author’s process and a brief history of the project, plus exhaustive analysis and conclusions about the original manuscripts. • Books 1 (chapters I – XLVIII: Legends) and 2 (XLIX – CI: Novellas and Tales). Chapters XCIV – CI are fragmented and are included in interpolated form with missing portions taken from other non-Icelandic sources. • Corrections (Berichtigungen) made by the author to errors, either as they were originally found in the original Old Norse sources or created during the transcription