Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

Lbs 2462 4to

Lbs 2462 4to (1775-1825, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
2. (1r-46v) Fljótsdæla sagaIcelandicNote: Síðari hluta Droplaugarsona sögu er hér aukið við Fljótsdælu 3. (47r-65r) Flóres saga konungs og sona hansIcelandic4. (66r-73v) Um handtöku E. Brandts og J. Fr. Struenses 1772 (Excerpt)IcelandicNote: From a thesis printed in Copenhagen in 17725. (74r-77r) Brandkrossa þátturIcelandic6. (78r-81r) Droplaugarsona sagaIcelandic7. (82r-94r) Trójumanna sagaIcelandicBrot eður [h]lutur Trójumanna sögu og Grikkja8. (98r-118v) Hálfdanar saga EysteinssonarIcelandic9. (119r-144v) Konráðs saga keisarasonarIcelandicHistoria hoc die decimo tertio mense januarii anno autem Christi millesimo octingentesimo primo scripta fuit. M.A.10. (145r-167r) Þjalar-Jóns sagaIcelandic

CodexPaperii, 167, iNote: Flyleaves from the time of binding199mm x 157mmContemporary pagination: Traces of old pagination 1-90 (1r-46v) and 1-45 (145r-167r)Good170mm x 135mmYesGísli KonráðssonHum cursivaMajor

Info: Gísli Konráðsson wrote fols. 66r-77r

UnknownKurrentMajor

Info: Fols. 98r-118v

Magnús ÁrnasonKurrentMinor

Info: M[agnús] Á[rnason] wrote fols. 119r-144v

UnknownHum cursivaMajor

Info: Fols. 145r-167r

Low

Initial: mild decoration
Vignette (tailpiece): Fols. 118v, 144v

Plain (later)

Paper boards, leather spine and corners

1775-1825
Iceland

Egill Gottskálksson: Owner

Last update: 2015-02-10

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