Manuscripts:
Lbs 3713 4to
Lbs 3713 4to (1776-1805, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
1. (1r-15r) 1.1. (1r-14v) Vopnfirðinga sagaIcelandicNote: Copied from a manuscript in the hand of Pétur Jónsson prentari á Hólum. The scribe has written in the margins word equivalences from another manuscript (Mælifellsbók) by séra Eyjólf Jónsson á Völlum (see Páll Eggert Ólason)1.2. (15r-15r) Comment by scribe regarding the manuscript of Vopnfirðinga sagaIcelandic2. (17r-28v) 2.1. (17r-28r) Gunnars saga KeldugnúpsfíflsIcelandicNote: Copied from a manuscript in the hand of Pétur Jónsson prentari á Hólum. The scribe has written in the margins word equivalences from another manuscript by Páll Sveinsson á Sveinsstöðum (see Páll Eggert Ólason)2.2. (28r-28v) Comment by scribe regarding the manuscript of Gunnars saga KeldugnúpsfíflsIcelandic3. (29r-32r) 3.1. (29r-32r) Ölkofra þátturIcelandicNote: Copied from a manuscript in the hand of séra Eyjólfur Jónsson á Völlum (see Páll Eggert Ólason)3.2. (32r-32r) Comment by scribe regarding the manuscript of Ölkofra þátturIcelandic4. (32v-35v) 4.1. (32v-35v) Þorsteins þáttur stangarhöggsIcelandicNote: Copied from "skrudda mín". The scribe has written in the margins word equivalences from two other manuscripts by Pétur Jónsson prentari á Hólum and séra Pétur Björnsson að Tjörn á Vatnsnesi (see Páll Eggert Ólason)4.2. (35v-35v) Comment by scribe regarding the manuscript of Þorsteins þáttur stangarhöggsIcelandic5. (37r-48v) 5.1. (37r-48r) Hænsa-Þóris sagaIcelandicNote: Copied from a manuscript in the hand of Gottskálk Þorvaldsson lögréttumann á Þorleiksstöðum í Skagafirði. The scribe has written in the margins word equivalences from two other manuscripts of the saga, the second one by Pétur Jónsson prentari á Hólum (see Páll Eggert Ólason)5.2. (48v-48v) Comment by scribe regarding the manuscript of Hænsa-Þóris sagaIcelandic6. (49r-72r) 6.1. (49r-72r) Flóamanna sagaIcelandicNote: Copied from a manuscript in the hand of Pétur Jónsson prentari á Hólum. The scribe has written in the margins word equivalences from another manuscript of the saga written by séra Pétur Björnsson að Tjörn á Vatnsnesi (see Páll Eggert Ólason)6.1. (72r-72r) Comment by scribe regarding the manuscript of Flóamanna sagaIcelandic7. (73r-76v) 7.1. (73r-76v) Egils þáttur Síðu-HallssonarIcelandicNote: Copied from a manuscript in the hand of Pétur Jónsson prentari á Hólum. The scribe has written in the margins word equivalences from another manuscript written by séra Eyjólfur Jónsson á Völlum (see Páll Eggert Ólason)7.2. (77r-77r) Comment by scribe regarding the manuscript of Egils þáttur Síðu-HallssonarIcelandic8. (77v-78r) Norna-Gests þátturIcelandicNote: Copied from a manuscript in the hand of séra Eyjólfur Jónsson á Völlum (see Páll Eggert Ólason)9. (78r-79v) Tóka þáttur TókasonarNote: Copied from a manuscript in the hand of séra Eyjólfur Jónsson á Völlum (see Páll Eggert Ólason)10. (79v-80r) Jóns saga UpplendingakonungsIcelandicNote: Copied from a manuscript in the hand of séra Eyjólfur Jónsson á Völlum (see Páll Eggert Ólason)11. (80v-83v) Ásmundar saga flagðagæfuIcelandicNote: Copied from a manuscript in the hand of séra Eyjólfur Jónsson á Völlum (see Páll Eggert Ólason)Note: Incomplete12. (87r-90r) Brandkrossa þátturIcelandicNote: Copied from a manuscript in the hand of Pétur Jónsson prentari á Hólum. The scribe has written in the margins of the first chapter word equivalences from another manuscript of the þáttur written by séra Eyjólfur Jónsson á Völlum (see Páll Eggert Ólason)13. (91r-108v) 13.1. (91r-107r) Droplaugarsona sagaIcelandicNote: Copied from a manuscript in the hand of Pétur Jónsson prentari á Hólum. The scribe has written in the margins of the first chapter word equivalences from two other manuscripts , the first one by séra Eyjólfur Jónsson á Völlum (though only the beginning of the saga since the manuscript by séra Eyjólfur didn't go any further), the second one by Halldór Jakobsson sýslumann (see Páll Eggert Ólason)13.2. (107v-108v) Comment by scribe regarding the manuscript of Droplaugarsona sagaIcelandic14. (109r-143v) Fljótsdæla sagaIcelandicNote: Copied from a manuscript in the hand of Halldór Jakobsson sýslumann; copying ends after 26th chapter since Fljótsdæla ends here in AM 551 c 4to, "úr þessu hefur codex H allt sama og áður er skrifað [þ.e. næst hér á undan eftir handriti Péturs prentara], nenni eg því ekki að skrifa það hér aptur, læt nægja að bera saman, og setja orðamuninn út frá." (see Páll Eggert Ólason).15. (145r-146r) Þorsteins þáttur AustfirðingsIcelandicNote: Copied from a manuscript in the hand of Gottskálk Þorvaldsson lögréttumann á Þorleiksstöðum í Skagafirði, "en capitulaskipti tekin úr prentarans sögubók, því Gottskálk hafði þaug engin." (see Páll Eggert Ólason)16. (146v-147r) 16.1. (146v-147r) Þorsteins þáttur sögufróðaIcelandicNote: Copied from a manuscript in the hand of Gottskálk Þorvaldsson lögréttumann á Þorleiksstöðum í Skagafirði (see Páll Eggert Ólason)16.2. (147r-147r) Comment by scribe regarding the manuscript of Þorsteins þáttur sögufróðaIcelandic17. (147v-148v) 17.2. (147v-148v) Þorsteins þáttur forvitnaIcelandicNote: Scribe doesn't indicate the source for this þáttur. The scribe has written in the margins word equivalences from another manuscript by séra Jón Helgason á Brúarlandi (see Páll Eggert Ólason)17.2. (148v-148v) IcelandicNote: Comment by scribe regarding the manuscript of Þorsteins þáttur forvitna18. (149r-181v) 18.1. (149r-181r) Finnboga saga rammaIcelandicNote: Copied from a manuscript in the hand of Pétur Jónsson prentari á Hólum. The scribe has written in the margins word equivalences from another manuscript by Svein Sölvason lögmann (see Páll Eggert Ólason)18.2. (181r-181v) Comment by scribe regarding the manuscript of Finnboga saga rammaIcelandic19. (185r-199v) 19.1. (185r-199r) Hrafnkels saga FreysgoðaIcelandicNote: Copied from a manuscript in the hand of Pétur Jónsson prentari á Hólum. The scribe has written in the margins word equivalences from another manuscript by séra Pétur Björnsson að Tjörn á Vatnsnesi (see Páll Eggert Ólason)19.2. (199v-199v) Comment by scribe regarding the manuscript of Hrafnkels sagaIcelandic20. (201r-231v) 20.1. (201r-230r) Bjarnar saga HítdælakappaIcelandicNote: Beginning of the saga (until the return of Björn). Copied from a manuscript of Ólafs saga helga in the hand of séra Eyjólfur Jónsson á Völlum, but after that copied from a manuscript in the hand of Pétur Jónsson prentari á Hólum. The scribe has written in the margins word equivalences from another manuscript by Halldór Jakobsson sýslumann and also word equivalences from a manuscript by Pétur prentari by the text of Ólafs saga (see Páll Eggert Ólason)33. (230v-231v) Comment by scribe regarding the manuscript of Bjarnar saga HítdælakappaIcelandic
CodexPaperv, 232, i210mm x 163mmYesPaginated: Old pagination 1-29 (1r-15r), 1-24 (17r-28v), 1-24 (37r-48v), 1-47 (49r-72r), 1-22 (73r-83v), 1-124 (87r-148v), 1-66 (149r-181v), 67 (184r), 1-31 (185r-200r), 1-62 (201r-231v) Average158mm x 105mmNoHalldór HjálmarssonUnknownSole
Low
  • Front flyleaf 1 and back flyleaf are envelopes of a letter to Sigurður Stefánsson biskup á Hólum
  • Front flyleaf 2r: "Þessi bók er af sögusafni Boga Benediktssonar merkt af manuscriptis undir Littera A Nr. 2" [by another hand]
  • Front flyleaf 3r: "Bókin hefur inni að halda" [table of contents by another hand]
  • 1 loose note.
  • 3 bound notes.
Plain
Leather cover
1776-1805
Iceland
Brynjólfur Sigurðsson: OwnerLárus Sigurbjörnsson: OwnerSigurður Jensson: Owner Bogi Benediktsson: OwnerThe manuscript was bought in 1959 by Brynjólfur Sigurðsson gasstöðvarstjóri í Reykjavík from Lárus Sigurbjörnsson skjalavörður Reykjavíkurborgar. Brynjólfur got the manuscript from his father, séra Sigurður Jensson í Flatey, who must have received it from his relatives. Bogi Benediktsson ættfræðingur að Staðarfelli was the great-grandfather of Guðrún, wife of séra Sigurður (cf. Páll Eggert Ólason)
Last update: 2012-12-13

 

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