Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

Lbs 675 fol.

Lbs 675 fol. (1651-1699, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
Later addition: Sagnaflokkur útlenskra þjóða, forkunnar fróðligur af ýmislegum annara landa þjóðum, framandi keisurum, kóngum, greifum, hertogum, jörlum, riddurum, junkærum, herrum, höfðingjum, hetjum, köppum; merkilegum, maktar og mikilsháttar mönnum, er áður á fyrri öldum aðskiljanlegar hálfur heimsins byggt hafa. Innihaldandi þeitta ættslóðir og uppruna, blómlegan bráðþroska, vísóm og riddaralegar í þróttir, í útreiðum, bóknámi, einvígum, áræði og átektum ýmsra kóngaríkja er þeir með ofsa og orustum undir sig lögðu.
Samanhendtur eftir aðföngum þeim til fróðleiks og skemmtunar er þessháttar for[nar] frásögur heyra vilja.1. (Ffl2v-Ffl2v) Table of contentsIcelandicÞessar eftirskrifaðar sögur finnast á þessari bók, hvörja Þorsteinn Eyjólfsson á Háeyri lét binda. En hana á göfug matróna Elen Hákonardóttir á Látrum við MjóafjörðNote: More items are named than those in the manuscript, such as: Mágus saga jarls, Flóvents saga (Frakkakonungs), Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar, Hektors saga (og kappa hans), Gautreks saga og Gjafa-Refs? (Gauta saga kóngs hins milda), Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar, Þórðar saga hreðuNote: With the exception of Trójumannasaga, the contents are the same as in AM 152 fol.2. (1r-67r) Grettis sagaIcelandic3. (68r-126r) Trójumanna saga (defective)Icelandic3.1. (126r-126r) Þrjár dróttkvæðar vísurIcelandicÞ(?)akkir af görpum Grikkja/á grund féllu átta hundruð/ ... 4. (127r-156v) Sigurðar saga þögla (defective)IcelandicNote: Missing the beginning5. (157r-189v) Göngu-Hrólfs saga (defective)IcelandicHér byrjast sagan af Hrólfi Sturlaugssyni er kallaður var Göngu HrólfurNote: Ends defective

CodexPaperii, 189276mm x 185mmYesNonePoor: There is a lacuna in the manuscript between folios 125r-126v and 126r-127v and at least one leaf missing from Göngu-Hrólfs saga after folio 189r-189v and a lot after that from the original manuscript. The manuscript is a part of a pre-existing larger manuscript, it would seem, and some of it is in rather poor condition, with sporadic lacunae. The text is easily legible.245mm x 163mmYesUnknownKurrentMajor

Moderate

Paratext (title-page): A decorated titlepage in red
Initial: Decorated initials and headings
Vignette (tail-piece)

Medium

The titlepage is in a different hand and was produced at the time of binding 0001r-FFl
Both front-flyleaves are in the same hand. Ffl1v with a title-page and Ffl2r with a table of contents that accounts for a number of stories that are no longer part of this manuscript, ending on Ffl2v
Bound up with the manuscript there are 7 folios of print from a bible, Steinsbiblía, printed at Hólar in Hjaltadal 1728

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1651-1699Iceland

Elín Hákonardóttir: OwnerBjarni Einarsson: OwnerElín Hákonardóttir (front flyleaf ), Bjarni Einarsson á Haga ()

Last update: 2016-05-30

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