Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

Lbs 4816 4to

Lbs 4816 4to (1800, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
Contemporary: Nokkrar fornkonunga fróðlegar sögur, samanteknar og útgefnar til nytsamlegrar skemmtunar.
Skrásettar af gömlum sagnaskrifurum og fróðum bókmeisturum hvar í þeir fráskýra þeirra ýmislegum hreystiverkum, lukkukjörum og manndyggðum (2r)1. (3v-15v) Bærings sagaIcelandicHér byrjar sagan af Bæring fagra riddara1.1. (3r-15v) Efnisyfirlit2. (16r-17v) Hálfdanar þáttur svartaIcelandicSöguþáttur af Hálfdani kóngi hinum svarta og uppvexti Haralds hárfagra sem kallaður var Dofrafóstri3. (18r-21v) Illuga saga GríðarfóstraIcelandicSaga af Illuga Gríðarfóstra4. (24r-57v) Göngu-Hrólfs sagaIcelandicHér byrjar sögu af Hrólfi Sturlaugssyni sem kallaður var Göngu-Hrólfur5. (57v-85r) Apollonius sagaIcelandicSaga af Appolonio kóngi af Tyro6. (85r-85r) IcelandicUm þakklæti eins hunds7. (85v-104v) Haralds saga HringsbanaIcelandicSaga af Haraldi Hringsbana8. (105r-119v) Yngvars saga víðförlaIcelandicSaga af Ingvari Eymundarsyni9. (120r-157r) Finnboga saga rammaIcelandicSaga af Finnboga ramma10. (158r-202v) Huga saga sterkaIcelandicSaga af Huga kóngi Skapler11. (203r-288r) Galmeys saga riddaraIcelandicSaga af Galmey riddara12. (288r-289r) Tristrams sagaIcelandicHér byrjar sögu af þeim Tristram og ÍsöndNote: Fragment

CodexPaper289, ii200mm x 160mmYesContemporary pagination: Traces of old pagination on pages 3-307 (5r-157r) Good: Strips glued onto text in some places180mm x 140mmNoUnknownUnknownMajor

Info: Mostly one hand.

Halldór GuðmundssonUnknownMinor

Info: Folios 2-4 by Halldór Guðmundsson í Suðurríki á Mýrum, compare to Lbs 3625 4to and Lbs 3627 4to.

Moderate

Miniature: On paste-down leaf, drawings of astrological chart, and more
Initial: Decorated letters in some places
Initial: Titles richly decorated

Low

Folios 1-4 are insertion leaves

Moderately decorated (contemporary)

Leather binding with wooden covers, embossed

1800
Iceland

Last update: 2015-02-10

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