Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

Lbs 1583 8vo

Lbs 1583 8vo (1746-1850, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
1. (1r-69v) Various fragmentsIcelandic, Icelandic1.1. (1r-4v) 12 kynþættir Juda (defective)Icelandic1.2. (4v-7v) 7 þau gömlu undrunarverk heimsins (and others) (defective)IcelandicSiø þaug gømlu undrunarverk heimsins1.3. (8r-13r) Kötludraumur (defective)Icelandic1.4. (13r-14v) Margrétar saga (defective)IcelandicEin historia umm Frw Margreta1.5. (15r-22v) Hrólfs saga kraka (defective)IcelandicAM 109a 8vo1.6. (23r-33r) Þorsteins þáttur bæjarmagns (defective)Icelandic1.7. (33v-58v) Bærings saga (defective)IcelandicBærings saga fagraNote: Mixed up with part of item 1.8 on 34r-39v1.8. (34r-67v) Kvæði (defective)Þorstein Gizurarson „iól", Jón Einarsson í Hraukbæ (Tímaríma), síra Hallgrimur Pétrsson, Ari Jörundarson (Tóubragr, defective, in a different hand from the 18th c.)IcelandicNote: Mixed up with part of item 1.7 on 39v-58v2. (70r-114v) Several rímurIcelandic2.1. (68r-72r) Jannesar rímaGuðmundur Bergþórsson.Icelandic2.2. (72v-74v) PétursrímurIcelandicPétrsríma2.3. (75r-83v) Tímaríma (defective)Jón SigurðssonIcelandic2.4. (84r-90v) Alnita rímurIcelandicRima af Valnita þióf og Fóthrumum Múk kveðin af Síra Ióni Guðmundssyni á Skéggiastödum.2.5. (91r-98v) Ríma af Entúlus og GnýÞorkell PálssonIcelandicEin ríma af Rómverskum keisara Líklega kveðinn af Arna RöðvarssyniNote: The second ríma only2.6. (99r-104r) EkkjurímaBjarni Jónsson (skáldi)Icelandic2.7. (104v-108v) Ríma af Þorsteini skelkÁrni BöðvarssonIcelandicRíma af Þorsteini Skielk2.8. (109r-111v) KerlingarrímaIcelandic

CodexPaper113155mm x 95mmDifferent watermarks: "ØRHOLM et NYEMØLLE", beehiveLater foliation: foliation in pencil added when photographedPoor: Dilapidated, quite damaged at the edges.129-137mm x 75-82mmYesJón JónssonKurrentMinor

Info: Jón Jónsson á Heinabergi in 1746 (item 1)

Guðmundur GuðmundssonKurrentMinor

Info: Guðmundur Guðmundarson í Miðskeri in 1850 (item 1)

Árni SveinssonKurrentMinor

Info: Árni Sveinsson í Berufirði in 1830 (item 2)

UnknownKurrentMinor

Info: unknown hand (item 1.8)

Moderate

Initial: Elaborate large initials 33v, 68r, 75r, 84r, 91r, 99r, 104v. Fine decorative initials at the beginning of each chapter of Item 1.5. Not very large, combination of dark brown and light brown ink. The lost initial at the beginning of Item 1.5 Hrólfs saga kraka must have been quite large and heavy, considering the elaborate initials at the beginning of each chapter - and remaining texts.
Frieze: 22v
Paratext: Personal names are highlighted.

Low

Marginalia are hard to read, as the manuscript is rather damaged.

22vKRA
22vBiorn ... son, signature illegible.

None

No binding.

1746-1850Iceland

Guðmundur Jónsson: OwnerGuðmundur Jónsson á Hoffelli sold the manuscript to the Landsbókasafn in 1910.

Last update: 2013-09-09

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