Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

JS 33 4to

JS 33 4to (1730-1745, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
1. (1r-35v) Svarfdæla sagaIcelandic2. (36r-46v) Vopnfirðinga sagaIcelandicBroddhelga þáttur3. (46v-49r) Ölkofra þátturIcelandic4. (49r-51r) Norna-Gests þátturIcelandicÞáttur úr Ólafs konungs sögu helga5. (51r-53v) Hróa þáttur heimskaIcelandicSlysa-Hróa þáttur6. (53v-56v) Egils þáttur Síðu-HallssonarIcelandicEgils þáttur Síðu-Hallssonar7. (56v-59r) Droplaugarsona sagaIcelandicUpphaf sögu DroplaugarsonaNote: Fragment8. (59v-60v) Ævikviða Örvar-OddsIcelandicKvæði Örvar-Odds undir andlát sitt9. (60v-62r) Gríms saga loðinkinnaIcelandicGríms þáttur loðinkinna10. (62v-62v) Maríu vísur síra Jóns PálssonarIcelandicNote: JS 507 8vo contains Maríuvísur by séra Jón Pálsson but they are not the same as the ones kept here11. (63r-63r) Table of contentsIcelandicInnihald

CodexPaper63, i194mm x 160mmYesContemporary pagination: Old pagination 1-68 (1r-35v)Good173-183mm x 130-140mmYesEyjólfur JónssonKurrentMajor

UnknownKurrentMinor

Info: Last words on fol. 8v and fol. 9r. written by a different hand.

UnknownKurrentMinor

Info: Missing text supplemented by a different hand on ff. 10v-11v.

UnknownHum cursivaMinor

Info: Ff. 62v-63r written by a different hand.

None

Low

Fol. 9 is an insertion (written in a different hand)
Blank spaces filled in by a different hand on fols. 9r and 10v-11.

Moderately decorated (contemporary)

Leather on spine and corners; spine embossed

1730-1745
Iceland

Jón Sigurðsson: OwnerHallgrímur Hannesson: OwnerJón Sigurðsson received the manuscript from Dr. Hallgrímur Scheving in 1847.

Last update: 2016-05-23

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