We believe the manuscript represents valid work.
The saga is preserved in several different versions and a long-standing controversy centered on which manuscripts represented the most original version.
Some manuscripts represent this family in some parts: 2278.
The manuscript depicted probably represents uncertain beginnings and some blank pages.
It will appear from the above that the manuscripts collected represent literary activities covering a very wide range of subjects.
The five manuscripts represent the text in three versions, one shorter and two longer.
Many owners are the descendants of the skilled craftsman class, and the manuscripts often represent a family heritage passed on from generation to generation.
It was customary for Schubert to respect the poet's sequence; the manuscript may not represent Schubert's desired order.
Given the ravages of time, it is likely that these surviving manuscripts represent hundreds since lost.
Such a manuscript, he said, was ready for final editing, and represented a writer's final effort.