Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

Lbs 468 4to

Lbs 468 4to (1853-1857, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
1. (1r-41v) Cyrus saga PersakonungsIcelandic2. (42r-77r) Pontanus saga og DiocletianusIcelandic3. (77v-77v) GáturIcelandic4. (78r-128r) Færeyinga sagaIcelandicNote: Folio 78r is a titlepage for the saga5. (130r-159r) Þorsteins saga VíkingssonarIcelandicSöguna endar skrifa 2. febrúar 1857, Einar GuðnasonNote: Has a title page, 129r, without the title itself.Note: The scribe's name in runic letters5.1. (159r-159r) LausavísaIcelandicVíkings arfi örn gaf ná . . .

CodexPaperi, 160195mm x 167mmContemporary pagination: Blank pages 1v, 78v, 128v, 159v and 160Good155mm x 138mmYesEinar GuðnasonUnknownSole

High

Initial: Numerous decorated initials, some in red
Vignette (tailpiece): Tailpieces 41v, 128r, 159r

Medium

The scribes initials in runic letters, 128r, 159r
Beneath the year on page 1r (a titlepage) is written in a different hand: Með hendi (in the hand of) Einars Guðnasonar á Sleggjulæk
Front-flyleaf 1r, in a different hand: Frá E. Guðnasyni 3/7 1888

Plain

Dark-brown linen on cardboard

1853-1857Iceland

Last update: 2015-02-05

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