title: Icelandic Manuscript, SÁM 66
text: # Icelandic Manuscript, SÁM 66
  
  SÁM 66 (Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi) is an 18th-century manuscript now at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, Iceland. Reference information and a copy of this manuscript can be found online. This book was written in Iceland in 1765 and 1766. The back cover is dated 1765. The text follows that of earlier manuscripts and printed books. However the book contains a nice collection of illustrated pages on pages 73-80 (many of which are reproduced below).
  
  * Odin
  * Thor
  * Loki
  * Balder
  * Gylfaginning
  * Heimdall
  * Ullr
  * Odin riding Sleipnir
  * Fenrisulfr bites Týr's hand off.
  * Thor and Hymir go fishing for the Midgard Serpent.
  * Hermod rides to Hel
  * Odin gets Baugi to drill into the mountain to get at the mead of poetry.
  * The mead of poetry is delivered
  * Three gods trying to boil some food as related in the Haustlöng.
  