Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

BL Add. 4875

BL Add. 4875 (1763)
British Library, London
1. (1r-10r) Valdimars sagaIcelandicNú skrifast Valldemars SagaPhilippus hefur kongur heited, hann ried fyrer SaxlandeNote: Said at the end to have been written in Anno 1763 d. 20. Junii2. (10v-15v) Sigurðar saga fótsIcelandicHier birjast Sagan af Sigurdi og Asmunde Húna KonungeÞad er upphaf þessarar sogu hvor ed fúndist hefr skrifud ä Steinveggiu i Colni ad Knutr hefr konungr heitidNote: Said at the end to have been finished on 24 Agusti Anno 17633. (16r-21v) Hrómundar saga GripssonarIcelandicSagan af Hromunde GreipssineSa kongur riedi fyrir Gordum er Olafr hetNote: Said at the end to have been finished on 23 Agusti Anno 1763 and 'Finis est E. H. S.' (i.e. Eggert Hákonarson)4. (22r-25v) Bragða-Ölvis sagaIcelandicHier biriar søguna ad bragda øluerI þann tijma magnus konungur hinn gode styrþi NorueigiNote: Said at the end to have been finished on 14 September Anno 17635. (25v-29r) Ævintýri af einum riddara er kallast WalltariIcelandicHier biriast æfintÿr af eijnum riddara er kallast WalltariHier hefst æfintÿr af einum hertoga er bædi var værn og merkur stör6. (29v-43v) Sturlaugs saga starfsamaIcelandicHier biriar søgu af sturlauge starfsamaHaralldur hefur kongr eirn heited er riedi fyrir NorvegeNote: Said at the end to have been finished on Dag 27 Octobris Anno 1763Note: F. 43 contains verses from the sagaNote: Copy of AM 171 a fol.?7. (44r-53v) Newspaper extractsNote: Many from Die Dänische Fama 17388. (54v-55v) Ævintýrið um Rudent Drambláta ???Icelandichier biriar æfentyred af Rudent DramblataHerraudur hefur kongur heited. Hann riede fyrer bløkumanna land.9. (56r-79v) Þorsteins saga VíkingssonarIcelandicSaga af Þorsteine Vijkings SyneÞad er upphaf á sögu þessare ad Loge hefur kongur heited10. (80r-88v) Newspaper extractsNote: Many from Die Dänische Fama 1738 and Post-Rytter

CodexPaperii, 89, ii210mm x 163mmLater foliationGood170mm x 125mmEggert HákonarsonChanceryMajor

None

Plain (later)

1763

Páll Hákonarson: OwnerSir Joseph Banks: Owner

Last update: 2013-01-07

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