Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:
Acc. 5
Acc. 5 (1771-1776, Iceland)
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavík
1. (1v-13v) Hrafnkels saga FreysgoðaIcelandicSaga af Rafnkeli goða2. (14r-27r) Droplaugarsona sagaIcelandicSaga af Helga og Grími Droplaugarsonum3. (27v-51r) Hervarar saga og HeiðreksIcelandicHervarar sagaCopy of text from a printed edition.4. (51v-56v) Hákonar þáttur HárekssonarIcelandicSagan af Hákoni norræna5. (56v-68r) Vilmundar saga viðutanIcelandicSagan af Vilmundi við-utan6. (68r-82r) Þórðar saga hreðuIcelandicSagan af Þórði hreðu7. (82r-91v) Víglundar sagaIcelandicSaga af Þorgrími prúða og Víglundi8. (91v-103r) Hávarðar saga ÍsfirðingsIcelandicAf Hávarði Ísfirðingi9. (103r-105v) Ölkofra þátturIcelandicÞáttur af Ölkofra10. (106r-113v) TímarímaJón SigurðssonIcelandicTíma rímaNote: Possibly copy of text of a printed edition.11. (113v-113v) VísaÁrni BöðvarssonIcelandic Vísa mr. Árna Böðvarssonar um hr. Svein lögmann 12. (114r-125v) Yngvars saga víðförlaIcelandicSagan af Ingvari víðförla og Sveini syni hansNote: Copy of text of a printed edition.13. (126r-135r) Different unidentified versesIcelandic, Icelandic14. (135r-138r) JannesarrímaIcelandicRíma af Jannes15. (139r-159r) Þorsteins saga VíkingssonarIcelandicSagan af Þorsteini Víkingssyni16. (161r-178v) Hjálmþérs sagaIcelandicSagan af Hjálmar og Ölver
CodexPaperi, 178, i202mm x 157mmYesLater foliationGood160mm x 125mmUnknownKurrentMinor
Þorkell SigurðssonChanceryMajor
UnknownKurrentMinor
Low
  • Initial: Titles and initials slightly decorated.
High
  • Several pages containing pen-trials and/or owners' names.
  • Fol. 159r has a user's comment in the bottom margin.
Plain (contemporary) (later)
The older leather binding is preserved.
The current binding is a plain cardboard binding.
1771-1776Iceland
Vigfús Jónsson: SignatoryGuðrún Egilsdóttir: OwnerÞorkell Bergsveinsson: SignatoryBergsteinn Þorkelsson: OwnerSkeggkarl Nóason: Owner Willemoes: OwnerGeorge Stephens: OwnerAmong the names written in the manuscript are: Vigfús Jónsson að Hindarstapa í Hraunhreppi/Mýrasýslu Guðrún EgilsdóttirÞorkell BergsveinssonBergsveinn ÞorkellssonSkéggkarl Nóason að Rauðhöfðastöðum Willemoes gave the manuscript to Georg Stephens
Last update: 2015-02-11

 

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