Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

BL Add. 11160

BL Add. 11160
British Library, London
This manuscript consists of 2 parts.

CodexPaperiii, 160, iiiContemporary paginationLater pagination: Völsunga saga has a contemporary pagination running up to p. 180. Ragnars saga, which follows has a contemporary pagination starting again from 1, but also a later pagination has been added starting from 180 (instead of 181 as should be the case). Neither Krákumál nor the note booklets which have been inserted afterwards have contemporary pagination, but the later pagination is continued for both, excepting two unpaginated leaves which stand between Ragnars saga and Krákumál and between Krákumál and the notes, as well as three unpaginated pages at the end of the first booklet. This means that the pagination runs up to 312 but would run up to 320 if all 160 leaves were consecutively paginated.Good

Plain (later)

Finnur Magnússon: OwnerSir Joseph Banks: OwnerAccording to note on flyleaf, purchased from Finnur Magnússon in July 1837

BL Add. 11160 I (1800-1837)

1. (1r-90r) Völsunga sagaIcelandicHér byrjast Volsúnga saga eþur Sagan af Sigurþe Fafnis-banaHér hefir upp oc segir frá þeim manni er Sige er nefndur.Copy of NKS 1824 b 4to.Note: Locus is from 1-179 in pagination.Note: The first chapter of Ragnars saga (Frá Heimi ok Áslaugu) seems to be included as a final chapter of Völsunga saga. On page 171 we have 'ok varð þeim þat at alldurlagi', the final words of Völsunga saga, and the next line begins 'Heimir í Hlynndölum spyrr nú þessi tidindi at daudur er Sigurdur'.2. (91r-133v) Ragnars saga loðbrókarIcelandicFrá Herrúdi Jalli ok Þóru BorgarhiortHerrúdur hét jarl ríkur ok ágiætur á Gautlandi; hann var kvóngadur.ok þetta þótti mönnum undarligt, ok saugdu síþan fra audrum mönnum.Copy of NKS 1824 b 4to.Note: Locus is from 180-277 in pagination.2.1. (135r-139v) KrákumálIcelandicBiarkamálHiuggum vér med hiörfiCopy of NKS 1824 b 4to (extract).Note: Locus is from 278-283 in pagination.

CodexPaper24205mm x 160mmYesContemporary pagination: See belowLater paginationGood185mm x 125mmNote: Krákumál is laid out in two columnsUnknownKurrentMinor

Info: Unknown

1800-1837

BL Add. 11160 II (1800-1837)

3. (145r-151r) Variant readings for Ragnars saga loðbrókarForskellig læsemaade til Ragnar Lódbroks saga efter BiörneNote: Taken from Biörner's edition, Nordiska Kämpadater, 1737Note: Locus is from 284-296 in pagination.3. (153r-160v) Variant readings for Völsunga sagaForskiellig læsemaadeNote: Taken from Biörner's edition, Nordiska Kämpadater, 1737Note: Locus is from 297-312 in pagination.

CodexPaper16165mm x 110mmMaid of DortLater paginationGood155mm x 100mmÞorgeir GuðmundssonKurrentSole

Info: Þorgeir Guðmundson (according to marginal note on 145r "skr. af. stud. Gudmundsen")

1800-1837

Last update: 2016-08-17

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