Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

BL Add. 11174

BL Add. 11174 (1750-1799)
British Library, London
1. (1r-1r) NoteIcelandicNote: Reads 'Explicatio Wigfussa Sal. Jönssonar, sem var Födurbröder Sal. hr. Assessoris Arna Magnussonar, yfer Inglinga tal'.2. (2r-36r) A commentary in IcelandicIcelandicAd visu þykest eg þad fyrer vita ad marger sem þetta samanskrif...Note: The subject of the commentary is Ynglingatal.3. (37r-44r) HugvinnsmálIcelandic4. (44v-49r) Örvar-Odds sagaIcelandicNote: Verse and extract from the saga5. (49r-50r) DarraðarljóðIcelandic6. (50r-53v) Ketils saga hængsIcelandicNote: Verse and extracts from the saga7. (53v-54v) Gríms saga loðinkinnaIcelandicNote: Verse and extracts from the saga8. (54v-55v) Örvar-Odds sagaIcelandicNote: Verse and extracts from the saga9. (55v-60r) Örvar-Odds sagaIcelandicNote: Verse and extracts from the saga10. (60v-63v) Gautreks sagaIcelandicNote: Verse and extracts from the saga11. (63v-65v) Gísla saga SúrssonarIcelandicNote: Extract12. (66r-67v) Egils saga SkallagrímssonarIcelandicNote: Extract13. (67v-68v) Egils saga SkallagrímssonarIcelandic14. (69r-73r) SólarljóðIcelandic15. (73r-75r) KringilnefjukvæðiIcelandic16. (75r-76v) HákonarmálIcelandic17. (77r-79r) KrákumálIcelandicNote: Extract18. (79r-79r) Ragnars saga loðbrókarIcelandicNote: Three stanzas from the last chapters of Ragnars saga loðbrókar19. (79r-83v) Hervarar saga og HeiðreksIcelandicNote: Extract20. (83v-83v) Gátur noccrarIcelandicNote: The three riddles printed in Den Norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning A II, pp.228-9, augmented with a fourth (Fiórðo leit ek)21. (84r-84v) Sextan visur sem funduz skrifaþar á skinniIcelandic22. (85r-98r) MerlínusspáIcelandicNote: Divided into three sections.23. (98r-106r) Bergbúa þátturIcelandic24. (106v-106v) Nockrar vísur Einars skúlasonarIcelandic25. (107r-111v) FagrskinnaIcelandicNote: Extracts26. (112r-116r) Two poemsÞorlákur Guðbrandsson VídalínIcelandic27. (116r-120v) HáttalykillIcelandic28. (120v-123v) Noregs konungatalIcelandic29. (123v-129v) Ragnars saga loðbrókarLatinNote: A Latin translation of Krákumál

CodexPaperii, 132, ii200mm x 160mmYesLater foliation: After f. 111 there are three blank leaves lacking foliation.Good160mm x 135mmVigfús JónssonKurrentMinor

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Plain (later)

Leaves are bound on supports.

1750-1799

Finnur Magnússon: OwnerSir Joseph Banks: OwnerAccording to note on flyleaf, purchased from Finnur Magnússon in July 1837

Last update: 2013-01-14

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