Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

Papp. 4to nr 16

Papp. 4to nr 16 (1654-1667, Iceland)
Kungliga biblioteket, Stockholm
Contemporary: [...] Enn nú ad min efter Bön Vijrduzlegz heidúrz Súeinz Magnussar Jonzsonar. Uppskrifadar af Þorde Jonzsyne Anno 1654. M.J.S.Note: the title page is contemporary but by a different (third) hand.1. (2v:1-2v:13) Table of ContentsIcelandic2. (3r-18v) Rauðulfs þátturIcelandic3. (19r-64v) Rémundar saga keisarasonarIcelandic4. (65r-97v) Hrólfs saga GautrekssonarIcelandicNote: older vers.5. (98r-111r) Flóres saga og LéoIcelandicSkriffad J Schaalawijk Anno 1654 þann 29 Januarij.6. (111v-127r) Viktors saga og BávusIcelandic7. (127v-133v:13) Tiodels saga riddaraIcelandic8. (133v:14-141r) Þorsteins þáttur bæjarmagnsIcelandic9. (141v-160v:19) Víglundar sagaIcelandic10. (160v:20-167r) Jökuls þáttur BúasonarIcelandic11. (167v-204v) Dínus saga dramblátaIcelandicAnno 1654 þann 28 februarij12. (206r-234v) Þjalar-Jóns sagaIcelandicSkrifad Anno 1659. 20 Aprilis.

CodexPaperi, 237, i200mm x 150mmPossibly a foolscap.Later foliation: Average: The leaves have been trimmed, cutting some of the marginalia of item 1.150mm x 120mmYesÞórður JónssonKurrentMajor

Info: Þórður Jónsson í Skálavík wrote fols. 19-205 and fols. 206-237. He used kurrent for the main text, chancery for rubrics.

UnknownChanceryMinor

Info: Fols. 3r-18v

Moderate

Initial: rendered in black ink
Paratext
Other: rubrics rendered with red pencil and black or brown ink.

Medium

On fol. 1r Magnús Jónsson wrote: On fol 205v"Þesse bok kostade mig Tolf aura (?) [...]". On fol. 19r probably Magnús Jónsson himself wrote: "Eign Magnúsar Jónssonar ad Watzfirde er Bökinn Anno 1659". Between the front flyleaf and the book-block, three leaves are inserted, two fragments by Þórður Jónsson and an account leaf from 1671. Between fols. 25 and 26, there is a slip with Þórður Jónssons hand on it. It is vertically bound in and cut down to a small strip.

Moderately decorated (contemporary)

Brown leather on wooden boards. Remnants of two metal clasps. Two stickers with the shelf mark on it.

1654-1667Iceland

Magnús Jónsson: CommissionerJón Eggertsson: OwnerSæmur Magnússon: OwnerMagnús Björnsson: OwnerAntikvitetskollegiet: Owner

Last update: 2016-08-03

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