Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

JS 624 4to

JS 624 4to (1693-1695, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
Contemporary: Skemmtileg sögubók innihaldandi nokkur ævintýr og fróðlegar frásagnir af ýmsum höfðingjum og afreksmönnum. Skrifuð að Látrum við Ísafjörð anno 1695.
Cicero libr. 2 De orat. ad Q. fr. [IX. 36]. [Historia vero] testis temporum, lux veritatis, vita mem[oriæ], [magistr]a vitæ, nuntia vetustatis1. (1v-1v) Table of ContentsIcelandic[Þes]sar eftirfylgjandi sögur [hefur bókin] inni að halda2. (2r-25v) Hervarar saga og Heiðreks (defective)IcelandicSagan af Heiðre[ki] kóngi og hans ættmönnu[m] Anno 16933. (26r-97v) Ljósvetninga sagaIcelandicLjósvetninga saga eður ReykdælaNote: Tveir kap. eru merktir nr. XXXVII (37) en enginn XXXVI (36)3.1. (95r-97v) Þórarins þáttur ofsaIcelandicFrá Þórarni ofsa er drap Þorgeir Hávarðsson4. (98r-137v) Bjarnar saga HítdælakappaIcelandicSaga Bjarnar Hítdælakappa (vantar upphafið)Note: Under the title: "(vantar upphafið)the beginning is lacking"5. (138r-177v) Bærings sagaIcelandicHér byrjar Bærings sögu ens fagraNote: The chapters are wrongly numbered but have been corrected partly by a different scribe.6. (178r-193r) Esópus sagaIcelandicSagan af Esopo Grikklandsspeking7. (195r-240v) Finnboga saga rammaIcelandicSaga af Finnboga hinum ramaNote: The first 4 fols. are in a different hand and size

CodexPaperi, 240, iYesLater foliation: From time of digitisationAverage: An old restoration covers up the text in some places. Upper margin cropped with some text loss. Lacunae180mm x 130mmYesUnknownKurrentMinor

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Moderate

Vignette (tailpiece): Tailpieces: 25v, 137v and 177v, in yellow
Paratext: Decorated titlepage in yellow: 1r
Initial: Titles and beginnings in colour: 2r, 26r, 98r and 138r in yellow

Low

A second, later title page on the front flyleaf in the hand of Páll stúdent Pálsson: "Sögu-Safn II"
Blank added leaves where there are lacunae in the manuscript: fols. 17, 194
On fol. 177v is written: "Þessa sögubók á séra Guðbrandsson Guðmundsson"

Plain (later)

1693-1695IcelandNote: The second volume in a 19 volume story-collection: JS 623 4to - JS 641 4to

Jón Sigurðsson: OwnerEinar Guðbrandsson: Owner

Last update: 2016-04-02

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