Manuscripts:
BL Add. 11141
BL Add. 11141 (1700-1767, Iceland)
British Library, London
Contemporary1. (3r-24v) Vatnsdæla sagaIcelandic2. (24v-52v) Ljósvetninga sagaIcelandic3. (53r-74r) Svarfdæla sagaIcelandic4. (74v-75r) Draumur Þorsteins Síðu-HallssonarIcelandic5. (75r-79v) Roðberts þátturIcelandic6. (80v-82r) Valla-Ljóts saga (defective)Icelandic7. (82v-112v) Reykdæla sagaIcelandic8. (113r-124r) Vopnfirðinga sagaIcelandic9. (125r-127r) Brandkrossa þátturIcelandic10. (127v-131v) Ölkofra þátturIcelandic11. (132r-147r) Virgilíus sagaIcelandic12. (147v-156v) Sögubrot af nokkrum fornkonungum í Dana og SvíaveldiIcelandic13. (156v-157v) Þorsteins þáttur AustfirðingsIcelandic14. (158r-167r) Hrafnkels saga FreysgoðaIcelandic15. (167r-216r) Droplaugarsona sagaIcelandic16. (216r-231v) Hænsa-Þóris sagaIcelandic17. (231v-231v) Þorsteins þáttur forvitnaIcelandic18. (232r-251v) Flóamanna saga (defective)Icelandic
CodexPaperiii, 251, iiiNote: 40r and 212r blank.YesContemporary paginationLater foliationGood180mm x 140mmNote: In the majority of the book the pages have been trimmed so that the writing area extends right to the edges of the pageUnknownChancery
Info: Various hands, unidentified, mostly chancery or kurrent.
None
Plain (later)
Leaves are mounted on supports.
Some leaves have been bound in the wrong order - ff. 71-6 should be in the order 72, 73, 71, 76, 74, 75
Volume was apparently rebound in 1816 by Díra Ásgrímur Vigfússon who wrote on f. 124v 'Þessa stóru Sögubók, ramlega fordiarfada, hellst af hennar sidasta Innbindara, hefe eg, med stórre lángseme og fyrirhöfn ad nyu innbundid, fyrir hvört erfidi, ásamt Fæde mínu og þvj eg hefe til lagt, eg vil fá 16. Fiska i Landaurumm pframmfærdumm. i þad minsta. voterar Laugarbrecku i Majo 1816. Asgrímur Vigfusson Pr.' Said binding has not been preserved.
1700-1767
Iceland
Bjarni Pétursson: OwnerBjarni Pétursson: CommissionerEggert Ormsson: OwnerEggert Ormsson: SignatoryDaði Jónsson: OwnerDaði Jónsson: SignatoryBenedikt Hannesson: SignatorySir Joseph Banks: Owner
Last update: 2013-01-09

 

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