Manuscripts:
ÍB 299 4to
ÍB 299 4to (1764, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
Contemporary: Til ágætis - vid. Snorra Eddu setjast þessir eftirfylgjandi kviðlingar úr Sæmundar Eddu framan við bókina.
Skrifuð Anno 1764. ()Note: Two title pages. The first title page contains also Table of Contents
Contemporary: Bókin Edda hvörja samansett hefur Snorri Sturluson lögmaður Ao. Xti M. CCXV.
Prentuð í Kaupenh. í íslensku, dönsku og latínu. Anno Domini 1665. ()
1. (1r-34r) Sæmundar-EddaIcelandic1.1. (1r-1r) Table of Contents (of Sæmunda Edda)IcelandicTil ágætis við Snorra Eddu setjast þessir eftirfylgjandi kviðlingar og Sæmundar Eddu framan við bókinaSkrifuð Anno 17641.2. (2r-4v) VöluspáIcelandic1.3. (4v-9v) HávamálIcelandic1.4. (9v-10v) AlvíssmálIcelandic1.5. (10v-11v) GunnarsslagurGunnar PálssonIcelandicNote: In a younger hand: "NB. Autor hujus Odæ est Doctiss. Dns. G. Pauli." ()1.6. (12r-15v) VafþrúðnismálIcelandic1.7. (15v-18r) OrðskýringarIcelandicMetaphrasisTantum de his1.8. (18r-20v) GrímnismálIcelandic1.9. (21v-22r) GrottasöngurIcelandic1.10. (22r-24r) GrípisspáIcelandicSigurðarkviða Fáfnisbana eður Grípisspá1.11. (24v-26r) ReginsmálIcelandicSigurðarkviða Fáfnisbana önnur. Um uppruna Fáfnis1.12. (26r-28r) FáfnismálIcelandicFáfnismál1.13. (28r-32r) SigurdrífumálIcelandicBrynhildarkviða Buðladóttur1.14. (32r-33r) Guðrúnarkviða hin fyrstaIcelandicGuðrúnarkviða Gjúkadóttur1.14.1. (33r-33r) Helreið BrynhildarIcelandicNote: Only the prose epilogue1.14.2. (33r-33r) Guðrúnarkviða hin fornaIcelandicNote: Only the prose epilogue1.14.3. (33r-33v) AtlakviðaIcelandicNote: Only a prose epilogue1.15. (33v-34r) GuðrúnarhvötIcelandicGuðrúnar lokNote: The prose preface and the last third part of the poem. From verse 13 until the twenty second and last2. (34r-44v) Völuspárútlegging Björns á SkarðsáIcelandic3. (44v-57r) Rúnaútlegging Björns á SkarðsáIcelandic4. (58r-127v) Snorra-EddaIcelandic4.1. (58v-58v) Eddukvæði Thomas BartholinIcelandic4.2. (61r-62r) IcelandicÚtlegging nokkurra fornyrða eftir stafrófi4.3. (62r-62v) Fáein norðurheimsbúa stafróIcelandicSvo ei sé auð eftirfylgjandi blaðsíða setjast hér fáein norðurheimsbúa stafró4.4. (63r-63v) Genealogy of ÓðinnIcelandicÆttartala Óðins4.5. (63v-63v) StafrófIcelandicTil uppfyllingar þessari blaðsíðu setjast þessi stafróf4.6. (64r-75r) Formálar og athugsemdirIcelandic4.6.1. (64r-64vr) Fyrsti formáliIcelandicFormáli til Eddu4.6.2. (64v-67r) Annar formáliIcelandicAnnar formáli nýgjörður4.6.2.1. (67v-68r) Mythological commentsIcelandic, LatinNotatio de Venere4.6.2.2. (68v-69v) Mythological commentsIcelandic, LatinNotatio de Idolomania4.6.3. (70r-70v) Þriðji formáliArngrímur JónssonIcelandicFormáli séra Arngríms Jónssonar að Mel í Miðfirði.4.6.4. (71r-75r) Fjórði formáliSnorri SturlusonIcelandicInngangurinn4.7. (75r-105v) Fyrsti partur Snorra-EdduIcelandicI. Dæmisaga. Gylfaginning, Hás lygiNote: A register over the first part of Snorra Edda is located at the end of the MS on fol. 4.8. (106r-127v) Annar partur Snorra-EdduIcelandic, GreekAnnar partur Snorra-Eddu sem eru nöfn og kenningar eftir stafrófi.Endir þess annars parts Snorra-Eddu. Tɛλos.5. (128r-134r) ExcerptsIcelandicExtarctumEdur utdreigid af Notis Olavi WereliBased on Olof Verelius' edition (1664)Note: An abstract from Olaf Verelius' book on Gautreks saga5.1. (128r-130r) Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar [Excerpt]Icelandic5.2. (130r-130r) Hervarar saga [Excerpt]Icelandic6. (135r-146v) On runesIcelandic7. (150v-151r) Krists vísurIcelandic8. (151v-151v) Table of Contents of Snorra Edda (first part)IcelandicRegistur yfir fyrsta part Snorra Eddu
CodexPaperi, 152, i193mm x 146mmYesLater foliation: Foliation in pencilLater pagination: Irregular pagination in pencilPoor: The manuscript has been restored160-170mm x 120-130mmYesJakob SigurðssonChancerySole
Info: Jakob Sigurðsson wrote in chancery and kurrent.
High
  • Illustration: Six full page illustrations and a highly decorated verso of the titlepage
    • (1r) 1r: A framed titlepage in two colours with a register on the poems from Sæmundar-Eddu the poetic Edda.
    • (1v) 1v: Coloured drawing of Cybele Valva.
    • (58r) 58r: A three-coloured, highly decorated titlepage for Snorra Edda with frame of drawings with motifs from the mythology.
    • (59r) 59r: A drawing of three spears in ink with text in Latin. Beneath it in Icelandic: "Gott er til geirs að taka"
    • (59v) 59v: A drawing of: Fyrsti Hár eður þriðji, Jafnhár and Hár in a three-tiered throne with Gangleri standing infront of the threesome.
    • (60r) 60r: Picture of Mars or Týr.
    • (60v) 60v: Ink drawing of a runestone with a drawing of Gestum blinda.
    • (134v) 134v: A runestone
Low
  • In a younger hand on fol. 11v: "NB. Autor hujus Odæ est Doctiss. Dns. G. Pauli."
Plain (later)
Bound in a cardboard binding covered with dark marbled paper.
1764
Iceland
Sigmundur Matthíasson: Owner
Last update: 2016-08-02

 

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