Manuscripts:
ÍBR 9 4to
ÍBR 9 4to (1816, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, ReykjavíkFormer shelf mark: ÍBR. A. 15
Contemporary: Nokkrir fornir söguþættir.
Ritaðir að Starrastöðum árið MDCCCXVI. (front-flyleaf )
1. (1r-8v) Skálda sagaIcelandicSkálda sagan Haralds konungs hárfagra2. (9r-27v) Þorsteins saga GeirnefjufóstraIcelandicSagan af Þorsteini Geirnefjufóstra3. (28r-29v) Sigurðar þáttur slefuIcelandicÞáttur frá Sigurði konungi slefu syni Gunnhildar4. (30r-38v) Hálfs saga og HálfsrekkaIcelandicSagan af Hálfi konungi og rekkum hans5. (39r-43v) Hauks þáttur hábrókarIcelandicSagan af Hauki hábrók6. (43v-44v) Styrbjarnar þáttur Svíakappa (defective)IcelandicSöguþáttur af Styrbirni Svíakappa Ends: og kvæði á hvað vopna eða herklæði hvör bóndiNote: Lacking at the end.
CodexPaperii, 44, i202mm x 161mmYesContemporary pagination: 1-88 (1r-44v)Good: Seems like two leaves are lacking after 44v170mm x 136mmNoUnknownHum cursivaMinor
Info: Unknown scribe ( 1r-8v)
Einar BjarnasonHum cursivaMajor
Info: Hum curisva and chancery ( 9r-44v)
Moderate
  • Initial: Decorative red initial: fols. 28r, 39r
  • Paratext: Heading in red: fols. 30r and 39r.
  • Secondary (initial): decorative initials
  • Secondary (display-script): Decorative headings
Medium
  • Front flyleaf FFl2v has a register in the hand of Páll Pálsson student.
  • Some marginalia
  • The back flyleaf and rear pastedown are from letters, addressed to provost Jón Konráðsson from B Halldórsson in 1829.
Decorative
Leather on wooden boards. Considering the dating of the flyleaves, the binding is most likely slightly later than the text.
1816
Iceland
Guðmundur Einarsson: DonorHið íslenska bókmenntafélag, Reykjavík: OwnerLandsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík: OwnerGuðmundur Einarsson, county clerk, donated the manuscript to The Icelandic literary society's Reykjavík division (Reykjavíkurdeild Hins íslenska bókmenntafélags) in 1865. Its former shelfmark is ÍBR. A. 15. The Landsbókasafn bought the whole collection in 1901.
Last update: 2016-03-28

 

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