Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

MS 21.2.9

MS 21.2.9
Advocates' Library, Edinburgh
This manuscript consists of 4 parts.

MS 21.2.9 I (1700-1799)

1. (1r-74v) Icelandic AnnalsIcelandicAnnales Schalholtini juxta exscriptum Membranæ in Folio manu A. Magnæi in ejusdem Bibliotheca Num. 248, þ. e. eftirrit af AM 248 fol.Note: From AD 70 to AD 1430

CodexPaper75312mm x 202mm'JHonig and ZoonenContemporary paginationLater foliationGood230mm x 140mmUnknownKurrentSole

1700-1799

MS 21.2.9 II (1700-1799)

1. (77r-85r) GeisliEinar SkúlasonIcelandic2. (85v-89v) Ólafs ríma HaraldssonarIcelandic3. (90r-96r) HyndluljóðIcelandic4. (96r-97v) Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae PontificumIcelandicNote: A translated extract5. (97v-99v) Sigurðar þáttur slefuIcelandic6. (100r-106r) Frá Fornljóti og ættmönnum hansIcelandicHversu Noregr bÿgðizNú skal segia dæmi til hversu Noregr bÿgðizMargreta moðir Olafs konungs en dottir Valldamars Danakonungs eptir er hon let fanga Albrict7. (106v-112v) Eiríks saga víðförlaIcelandicHer hefr upp sogu Eiriks viðforlaÞrándr er nefndr konungr sa er fyrsti reð fyrir þrándheimiþat er at skilia eilift ríki með allzvandanda guði utan enda sem þessi Eiriki sem nu var frá sagtCopy of GKS 1005 fol. (Flateyjarbók).Note: A-vers.

CodexPaper38312mm x 202mmMaid of DortContemporary paginationLater foliationGood230mm x 140mmUnknownChancerySole

UnknownChancerySole

1700-1799

MS 21.2.9 III (1700-1799)

1. (115r-169r) Lives of BishopsIcelandicContinentur hoc Libro Historica Genealogica um Stephan Biskup, Augmund Biskup og Gissur Biskup, varia lectum digna Jtem um Martein biskup og ættartala frá Eggert Eggertssyne

CodexPaper57312mm x 202mmYesContemporary paginationLater foliationGood230mm x 140mmUnknownKurrentSole

UnknownKurrentSole

1700-1799

MS 21.2.9 IV (1700-1799)

1. (172r-184v) Játvarðar saga helgaIcelandicÞáttur af enum helga Játvardi, Wilhialme Basthardi, og nockrum ödrum Eingla Kongum

CodexPaper14312mm x 202mmYesContemporary paginationLater paginationGood230mm x 140mmUnknownKurrentSole

1700-1799

CodexPaperi, 184, iContemporary paginationLater pagination: Good

Plain (later)

Finnur Magnússon: OwnerSir Joseph Banks: OwnerAccording to note on flyleaf, purchased from Finnur Magnússon in July 1837.

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