Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:
Lbs 2233 8vo
Lbs 2233 8vo (1700-1799, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
1. (1r-12r) Hálfdanar saga BrönufóstraIcelandic2. (13r-32v) Hjálmþérs sagaIcelandicSaga af Hjalter (sic) og Ölverog lúkum vier þessare frasögu hvör skrifuð var á því áre Ao 1730 og enduð d 11 Decembris3. (32v-32v) VísaIcelandicHialter ogso Hilldesifeldur lud neiter4. (33r-54v) Samsons saga fagraIcelandic5. (55r-70v) Hálfdanar saga EysteinssonarIcelandicNote: younger version6. (71r-115v) Flóvents sagaIcelandic7. (116r-129r) Hrana saga hrings (defective)IcelandicIII Cap. Það var eitt haust að menn skyldu leita geldfjársins til fjalla Note: defective8. (129r-129v) Langfeðgatal Guðmundar EyjólfssonarIcelandicNote: defective9. (130r-133v) Jarlmanns saga og Hermanns (defective)Icelandic meira skal yður þó um finnast þá þér sjáið Hermann kóng og skildu so þetta talNote: fragment, missing the end10. (134r-142r) Ketils saga hængsIcelandicHér byrjar þátt af Katli hængog endar so þessa söguþætti frá Katli hæng of Grími loðinkinn.11. (142r-143v) Ágrip um Ninive og BabýlonIcelandic12. (143v-153r) Sigurðar saga fótsIcelandic13. (153r-157v) Rímur af Sigurði BárðarsyniJón Pálsson á MöðruvöllumIcelandicNote: fragment14. (158r-159r) Veðurspár (defective)IcelandicNote: fragment15. (159v-15v) Rúnastafir (defective)Icelandic16. (160r-180v) DýrafræðiIcelandicNote: fragment17. (181r-216v) Reisuhistoria Fridricks Andressonar BollingsIcelandicNote: Bolling, Frederik Andersen, Danish theologian and sailor b.c.1645, d.168518. (217r-unknown) Rímur af Sigurði snarfaraséra Snorri Björnsson á HúsafelliIcelandic19. (227r-240v) PrédikunIcelandicNote: fragment
CodexPaper241163-180mm x 100-111mmYesNone: Only from time of restoration in pencil. Wrong by one number number after f.116 (since that number is omitted).Poor: Text is mostly legible following restoration. Loose from the binding and in loose leaves.144-158mm x 82-100mmNoNote: Some scribes use catchwords, but they are in the minority.UnknownUnknown
Info: Various unidentified hands, at least fourteen. A few kurrent, most of them hum cursiva
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  • Illustration: 241v: A leaf of ornate drawings with a pattern of letters in the middle: RIDH
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  • 32v: A verse: Hialter ogso Hildisif, Hringur og Hervör heitir, Alsólar og Ölves skrif, eldur lúðneytir
  • 53v: Some scribbles: Æruprýddum og velforsogtum dánumanni. Þessi penni er gauð
  • 216v: Guðmundur Jónsson, Friðrik Andresson Bolling, reverse on the bottom of the page: æða blóð úr unnar glóða villdi brusaði flóði bunaði beljaðist óð og dunaði.
  • 241v: Raghheiður Jónsdóttir á þennan miða. Rétt og bæði Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir fríð og góð henni veiti hjálp og gæði herrann mestur fyrr og síð.
Plain
Very plain, leather envelope
1700-1799Iceland
Sigurður Nordal: OwnerSigurður Nordal: On three handwritten pages signed SJ with the rubric: Skrá yfir handrit send dr Sigurði Nordal is a list of 30 manuscripts, this one being the last
Last update: 2013-10-02

 

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