Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

ISDA JB3 1 4to

CanadaWinnipegJón Bjarnason Academy CollectionISDA JB3 1 4to (1825-1875)
Elizabeth Dafoe Library, WinnipegFormer shelf mark: BAC Pamph b no III
1. (1r-63v) Falentíns og Ursins sagaIcelandicSagan af riddurunum Falentín og OurssonÍ fornum sögum finnst það ritað …… og lýkur þar sögu þeirra ágætu riddara Falentíns og Oursonar.Note: 71 chapters2. (64r-88v) Adónías sagaIcelandicSagan af Adoníus Marsilíussyni riddaraSá kóngur réði fyrir Syría er Marselíus hét …… og lýkur þar sögu Adóníasar Marselíussonar.Note: 23 chapters3. (89r-100v) Sigurgarðs saga og ValbrandsIcelandicSagan af Sigurgarði frækna og Valbrandi svikaraÍ fornöld réði sá kóngur fyrir Englandi er Valdimar hét …… og lýkur hér sögu þessa.Note: 16 chapters4. (101r-113v) Hálfdanar saga EysteinssonarIcelandicSagan af Hálfdani EysteinssyniÞrándur er kóngur nefndur …… og ljúkum vér svo sögunni af Hálfdani Eysteinssyni.Note: 16 chapters5. (114r-125r) Flóres saga konungs og sona hansIcelandicSagan af Flóres kóngi og sonum hansSvo byrjar sögu þessa að fyrir Afrika réði sá kóngur er Flóres hét …… og lýkur þar sögu Flóres kóngs og sona hans Felix, Fenix og Ajax.Note: 19 chapters6. (125r-138v) Sörla saga sterkaIcelandicSagan af Sörla hinum sterkaÁ þeim tíma þá Hálfdan Brönufóstri stýrði Svíþjóð hinni köldu …… og lýkur svo sögu Sörla hins sterka.Note: 12 chapters7. (138v-155v) Ektors sagaIcelandicSagan af Hektori sterka og köppum hansEftir niðurbrot hinnar frægu Trójuborgar …… og lýkur þar sögu Hektors og kappa hans.Note: 8 chapters (probably defective).8. (156r-169v) Nikulás saga leikaraIcelandicSagan af Nikulási leikaraSvo segja fróðir menn og vísir meistarar …… og lýkur þar sögu þessari.Note: No chapter divisions. Contemporary pagination (starting at 1) where not lost due to damage to outer margin.9. (170r-187v) Flóres saga og LeóIcelandicSagan af keisaranum Oktavíanus og sonum hans Flóres og LeóSvo er skrifað í fornum fræðibókum …… og lýkur hér svo sögunni af Oktavíanus keisarans og sonum hans Flóres og Leó.Note: 38 chapters.

CodexPaper187, iNote: The end of the final item was according to Einar Gunnar Pétursson in a different box in the Jón Bjarnason Academy Collection (Pamph. b. no. V), and he moved it to back into this manuscript.Note: In addition to flyleaf is a pastedown from a poetry manuscript on the inner side of the back-board.193-194mm x 154-155mmContemporary paginationPoor: Manuscript is in fragile condition.180-187mm x 135mmNoUnknownUnknown

Moderate

Initial (flourished): Decorative initials
Secondary (display-script)

Low

Text in Danish (household tips, including recipe for fish glue) on back flyleaf.
Poetry in Icelandic on the leaf pasted to the inner side of the back-board.
A repair to the book between ff. 112-114 has been made using pages from a railway guide (including a map of Mississippi (showing Vicksburg, Bolton, Brookhaven) and part of a timetable). Possibly from the Travelers' Official Railway Guide of the United States and Canada (the Travelers' Official Railway Guide), unknown year, unknown issue.

Moderately decorated

Wooden boards with a cloth spine (striped cloth) and blue marbled paper on the cover. Corners were also covered in cloth.

Poor: The binding is partially intact but in poor condition and only the back cover survives.

1825-1875
Unknown

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Last update: 2016-08-03

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