Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

Lbs 356 4to

Lbs 356 4to (1810-1815, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
Later addition: Sögu-safn. IIINote: Front-flyleaf 0002r1. (FFl2v-FFl2v) Table of contensIcelandicÞessi bók hefur inni að halda2. (1r-71r) Vatnsdæla sagaIcelandicVatnsdælaNote: leaf 72 is blank3. (73r-92r) Droplaugarsona sagaIcelandicNote: Sagan af Droplaugarsonum og FljótsdælumNote: Leaf 85 has been added later by a different scribe3. (92v-136v) Fljótsdæla sagaIcelandicSagan af þeim Helga og Grími Droplaugarsonum. Annars kölluð Njarðvíkingasaga.Note: The last part of Droplaugarsonar saga is added to Fljótsdælu, as described at the beginning of the manuscript 4. (137r-146v) Gunnars saga KeldugnúpsfíflsIcelandic5. (147r-150v) Egils þáttur Síðu-HallssonarIcelandic6. (151r-151v) Ólafs saga helgaIcelandic7. (151v-153r) Tóka þáttur TókasonarIcelandic8. (153r-156v) Ásmundar saga flagðagæfu (defective)Icelandic

CodexPaperii, 156, i193mm x 158mmYesLater foliation: Every 10th page foliated at the time of cataloguingGood150mm x 120mmYesNote: The text is written within a frame drawn in pencil intially and within a red frame in the latter half of the manuscript. This starts with Droplaugarsona saga, 73rUnknownChanceryMajor

Info: scribe I. ( 1r-71r)

UnknownHum cursivaMinor

Info: scribe II. ( 73r-156v)

Moderate

Paratext: Headings.

Medium

Front flyleaf 0001r-FFl is a title page by Bogi Benediktsson
Front flyleaf 0002r-FFl is a title page by Páll Pálsson the student
Front flyleaf 0002v-FFl is a table of contents by Bogi Benediktsson

Plain (later)

Later time library binding

1810-1815
Iceland

Bogi Benediktsson: From Bogi Benediktsson's manuscript collection. 3rd volume in a 9 volume collection: Lbs 356 4to - Lbs 362 4to

Last update: 2016-05-30

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