Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

AM 568 I-II 4to

AM 568 I-II 4to
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavík
This manuscript consists of 2 parts.

CodexPaper197

Low

Ten loose AM slips with saga titles.
Seven loose slips with titles in a 19th c. hand. On one of the slips, Agnete Loth has added information on Hálfdanar saga Brönufóstra
Photocopy of five pages in Danish on the condition of this manuscript.

Plain (later)

Dimensions: Dimensions: 215mm x 175mm x mm. The original binding has been lost and replaced with modern plain paper folders wrapped around the quires.

Árni Magnússon: OwnerÁrni Jónsson: OwnerÁrni Magnússon got the manuscript from pastor Árni Jónsson in Neðri-Brekka (cf. AM slips).

AM 568 I 4to (1600-1650, Iceland)

1. (1r-16v) Egils saga Skallagrímssonar (defective)Icelandic

CodexPaper16180mm x 142mmLater foliation: Foliated separately in plastic pockets.Poor175mm x 135mmNote: All leaves have been placed in transparent sleeves (due to damage) so no watermarks can be identified.UnknownKurrentSole

Low

Secondary (initial): Initials slightly bigger and lightly decorated.

1600-1650Iceland

AM 568 II 4to (1600-1650, Iceland)

1. (1r-20r) Egils saga Skallagrímssonar (defective)IcelandicNote: Text shortened because of damage.2. (21r-30r) Vatnsdæla saga (defective)IcelandicNote: Text shortened because of damage.3. (31r-40r) Kjalnesinga saga (defective)IcelandicNote: Text shortened because of damage.4. (40r-43v) Jökuls þáttur Búasonar (defective)IcelandicNote: Text shortened because of damage.5. (43v-48v) Þorsteins þáttur bæjarmagns (defective)IcelandicNote: Text shortened because of damage.6. (49r-59r) Nikulás saga leikara (defective)IcelandicNote: Text shortened because of damage.7. (59v-64v) Nitida saga (defective)IcelandicNote: Text shortened because of damage.8. (65r-68v) Valdimars saga (defective)IcelandicNote: Text shortened because of damage.9. (69r-82v) Víglundar saga (defective)IcelandicNote: Text shortened because of damage.10. (83r-87v) Friðþjófs saga (defective)IcelandicNote: Text shortened because of damage.11. (88r-95v) Þórðar saga hreðu (defective)IcelandicNote: Ending missing. Text shortened because of damage.12. (96r-107r) Króka-Refs saga (defective)IcelandicNote: Beginning of first chapter missing. Text shortened because of damage.13. (107r-107r) Lausavísa (defective)Icelandic14. (107v-114v) Bandamanna saga (defective)IcelandicNote: Text shortened because of damage.15. (115r-118v) Orms þáttur Stórólfssonar (defective)IcelandicNote: Text shortened because of damage.16. (119r-127v) Hávarðar saga Ísfirðings (defective)IcelandicNote: Text shortened because of damage.17. (128r-131v) Kalmarstríðið (defective)IcelandicNote: Beginning and ending missing. Text shortened because of damage.18. (132r-143v) Helenu saga (defective)IcelandicNote: Text shortened because of damage.19. (144r-169v) Flóres saga og Leó (defective)IcelandicNote: Text shortened because of damage.20. (170r-177v) Hálfdanar saga Brönufóstra (defective)IcelandicNote: Beginning and ending missing. Text shortened because of damage.Note: The text at the end of the third chapter.21. (178r-181r) Tiodels saga riddara (defective)IcelandicNote: Text shortened because of damage.22. (181r-181v) Um tilburð í Konstantínópel (defective)IcelandicNote: Text shortened because of damage.

CodexPaper181190mm x 150mmLater foliation: Each item foliated separately in plastic pockets.Poor: 22 Fragments, possibly from the same codex175mm x 135mmUnknownKurrentSole

Low

Secondary (initial): Initials slightly bigger and lightly decorated.
Secondary: Chapter numbers in an orange colour on fol. 69r-82v and the first words underlined.

Medium

Páll Jónsson has added a poem on fol. 166v with his name. Begins: "Vísur einar vil hér byrja | virðar hlíði á þetta smíði".
Scribbling on fol. 21v, 89v, 92v, 129v, 146r, 178v, 181r-v.
The chapter numbers seem to have been added later in some places, some in blank spaces and others in the margins.

1600-1650Iceland

Last update: 2015-02-11

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