Rask 38 (1700-1799, Iceland) Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen 1. (1r:1-32r:6) Þorsteins saga VíkingssonarIcelandicSagann af Þorsteini Vykyngs syniÞad er uphaf þessarar søgu ad Loge hefur kongur heitedOg lykur hier nu søgunne af Þorsteine Vykings syne.2. (33r:1-60r:14) Rímur af Alexander ok LoðvíkÁrni Böðvarsson IcelandicAf Alexandr og LodwichÞundar edli argalans, ecki dofni storum, fliugie eins og glædu glans, glygge i mestu orumÞattur fluttur hverfr hier, hrærdur i værdar fundum,
mattur stuttur mier filger, mærdar bærdur stundum.Note: Eight rímur cantos, dedicated to sýslumaður
Jón Árnason of Ingjaldshóll,
1763 (cf. Kålund, Katalog II:525).
3. (61r:1-77v:19) Rímur af Skáld-HelgaIcelandicHier skrifast rymur af SkälldhelgaFordum ätte eg fræda brunn, er feck eg keipt af liòsahier skal ute harma spreingur, og Helga rymur allar.4. (78r:1-127r:4) Rímur af Ragnari lodbrokÁrni Böðvarsson IcelandicRagnari lodbrok og sonum hannsSof þu alldrei Svala Tyrs, syfelldt þig uppvekur, edla Balldur ølldu fyrs
ad sier mig hann tekurGlædu flæda gynars vyn, gödum biöd eg sendi mædann qvæda myn so dvyn, mödur hrödur lendi.Note: Dedicated to sýslumaður Jón Árnason, 1758 (cf. Kålund, Katalog II:526).Note: Rímur numbered 23-36.5. (128r:1-214r:10) Völsunga rímurÁrni Böðvarsson IcelandicHier byriast Rymur af Wolsungum Budlungum Giukungum Ragnare lodbrokHerians bisti haukur minn hars ad kinppnr[?] rònnummOdarfræde eyda lid, ladist giædumm vyrda, liöda qvæde blydann bid, bæde Note: Final words obscured by pastedown.Note: Dedicated to sýslumaður Jón Árnason, 1758 (cf. Kålund, Katalog II:526).Note: Contains rímur numbered 1-22.Note: Some leaves have been cropped along the upper margin resulting in loss of text.Note: Traces of blind ruling on the outer margins of most leaves.
CodexPaperi, 215, i192mm x 155mmCrown watermark visible on fol. 127. The manuscript appears to be composite and likely
contains multiple other watermaks.Later foliation: Foliated in pencil in the lower corner of every tenth recto leaf and at the end
of each item. Fol. 89 misnumbered as 90, so subsequent foliation up to 120 is off by one. Correct foliation
resumes on fol. 127.Average: The first 25 leaves are heavily worn and have been restored more than once. Some of the
repairs contain manuscript waste (e.g. fol. 127).
A piece of fol. 214 has been excised and covered with a pasteover containing a fragment of a
letter dated 1732 in Fagradal.
On the recto "Finis libri" has been added, and the verso reads:
"Christian i Vigri a bókina".170mm x 135mmUnknownUnknownMajor
Info: Written in multiple hands.
Low
Initial (flourished): The book opens with a 7-line, partially colored initial.
Medium
The letter in the front flyleaf is dated 15 June 1789 in Gardstódum (Garðsstaðir in the West Fjords?)
with the autograph of a certain Jón Sigurdsson. The front and rear pastedowns and flyleaves bear several autographs,
some of which are only partially legible. A thanksgiving verse has been written on fol. 215v.
Moderately decorated (contemporary)
Bound in contemporary full calf with blind-tooled floriated ornaments. The initials BBS (?) (possibly Björn
Bjarnarson, whose autograph appears on fol. 215v) have been pressed into the center of the front cover.
There is evidence of earlier book clasps (holes, discoloration)
on the rear cover, but they have not survived.
The flyleaves and pastedowns contain manuscript waste bearing fragments of private letters.
1700-1799Iceland
Rasmus Kristian Rask: Owner
Last update: 2013-08-16
Contact
M. J. Driscoll
Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics
University of Copenhagen
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DK-2300 Copenhagen S
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