Manuscripts:
Thott 514 8vo
Thott 514 8vo (1700-1749)
Det Kongelige Bibliotek, København
Contemporary1. (2r-14v) On the Turkish abductions of Vestmannaeyjar 1627Icelandic þau sorglegu hrigdar tydinde i Vestmanna Eyum 16272. (15r-16v) On fjords, bays and distances in IcelandIcelandicFiarda Tal I kringummallt Island3. (17r-44v) Summary of Ólafur Egilsson's report on the Turkish abductionsIcelandicNocud Samtak af Reysukuere sera Olafs Eigelssonar [...]4. (45r-54r) Jökuls þáttur BúasonarIcelandic5. (54v-80v) Flóres saga konungs og sona hansIcelandic6. (81r-81v) Hálfs saga og Hálfsrekka [Extract]IcelandicMarbendilz ÆfuenntyreTueir fedgar J Noreige Reru aa(?) fiski, hiet annar Handirmadur uppi skip af marar botnumm.Þetta marbendillz æfinntyr hef eg skrifad Indridi SteinþorssonDerived from GKS 2845 4toNote: older vers.6.1. (81v-81v) Verse on ownerIcelandicNote: "Sigurdur Guendzson" is said to own the text7. (82r-101v) Salomons saga og MarkólfsIcelandic8. (102r-147v) Biography of AesopIcelandic9. (148r-214v) Some of Aesop's fablesIcelandicNu Epter filgia Nockrer Dictar. Fabel og Lærdomar Æsopi10. (216r-271v) ÆfintýriIcelandicÞetta epter filgiande finnst skrifad i Gömlum fræðe Bókum vmm AntachristNote: 43 texts, plus in the beginning Umm Antachrist, Umm vpp Runa Machoments,VmmPavann and Vmm Adam (fols. 216r-222v)11. (272r-283r) Biography of Martin LutherIcelandicLyfs saga Vors Elskulega Martini Lutheri [...]Skrifad og samann Dreiged Af Eigandanum Hannese Paalssyne ad Hnyffs Dal nedre vid Skutulsfiord og af honum. Endad þannxxviij. Januarij Anno M.: DCC: XL: I.
CodexPaperi, 283158mm x 96mmOnly fols. 1 and 97-283Later foliation: In various handsAverage120-140mm x 70-80mmYesUnknownHybridaMinor
Info: 2r and 17r-44v
UnknownKurrentMinor
Indriði SteinþórssonKurrentMinor
UnknownEarly kurrentMinor
Info: 82r-96v mixed script
Hannes PálssonEarly kurrentMajor
Info: Titlepage and 98r-283r
Moderate
  • Initial: decorated intitials; on fols. 1r-96v initials drawn by hand, coloured with red and black ink; on fols. 97r-283v printed initials have been glued in
  • Border: lines and decorative borders in red and blue ink
  • Illustration: prints of wood carving pasted in on fols. 16v and 282v
Medium
  • Printed initials and illustrations pasted into the manuscript; probably contemporary to production of the MS. Note on fol. 283v: "Þesse Bok".
Decorative (contemporary)
Thick wooden boards with dark brown embossed leather: flowers and floral ornaments. A metal clasp with floral decoration. The front pastedown is manuscript waste from reused accounting paper.
1700-1749Unknown
Last update: 2013-06-11

 

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