Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

UB 547 4to

UB 547 4to (1750-1775, Iceland)
Universitetsbiblioteket, Oslo
1. (1r:X-22v:X) Fornyrdi eptir AlphabethoIcelandic2. (23r:X-44v:X) HáttalykillIcelandicHaatta Lykill Snorra Sturlu sunarNote: Unidentified metrical treatise (Snorri's Háttatal?).3. (45r:X-52v:X) LiljaEysteinn ÁsgrímssonIcelandicLilia Bródr Eysteins4. (53r:X-172v:X) HeimskringlaIcelandicA copy Fríssbók (AM 45 fol.).Note: First half of the work. Ends at ch. 90 of Ólafs saga Tryggvasonar. Text is followed by a verse: "Nu hafim ættir Iófra / ynnt sem Snorri kynnti / er redu Rógnis fliödi / raddygge til mógs Tryggva: / þraut þa Odins ædi / æst; enn Kristur glæsti / dag þann dregr ä þeigi / dimt und Friderich Fimta"5. (173r:X-193r:X) Hænsa-Þóris sagaIcelandicSagann af Hænsna ÞorerPossibly an indirect copy of Kall 616 4to.6. (193r:X-202v:X) Grænlendinga þátturIcelandicGrænlendinga þaatur edur af Einare Sockasyne7. (203r:X-208r:X) Hervarar saga og Heiðreks (Extracts)IcelandicRelated to the copies of the riddles in AM 281 4to and AM 597b 4to., 8. (208r:X-214r:X) Gautreks saga (Extracts)IcelandicÞaattur af Starkade GamlaNote: Corresponds to chs. 3-7 in the 1900 ed. of Gautreks saga (cf. typescript cat.).9. (208r:X-214r:X) KrákumálIcelandicRelated to the copy in Uppsala R 702 (cf. typescript cat.). Variants from NKS 1824b 4to included in the margins.10. (219r:X-226r:X) AppendixIcelandicBilagForntólud Riettmæle ur Norrænurackur

CodexPaperi, 226, i202mm x 160mmUnknownUnknownUnknownMajor

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Inscription on front flyleaf reads: "Bók er med verdi keypt ad Holti i Ønundarfirdi þann 17da August 1811 af Þorvalldi Bödvarssyni"

1750-1775Iceland

Þorvaldur Böðvarsson: OwnerRudolf Keyser: OwnerPreviously owned by Þorvaldur Böðvarsson. Given to the University of Oslo by Rudolf Keyser, who probably purchased it in Iceland.

Last update: 2016-08-03

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