Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

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Lbs 1217 4to

Lbs 1217 4to (1817, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
Later addition: Sögubók skrifuð á Vatnshorni í Haukadal 1817 af J(ónasi) JónssyniNote: 1. (1r-16r) Konráðs saga keisarasonarIcelandic2. (16r-26v) Sturlaugs saga starfsamaIcelandicHér byrjar söguna af Sturlaugi hinum starfsama3. (27r-34v) Hálfdanar saga EysteinssonarIcelandicSagan af Hálfdáni kóngi Eystei[nssyni]4. (34v-37v) Þorsteins saga hvíta (defective)IcelandicSagan af Þorsteini hvítaNote: Missing the ending5. (38r-50v) Bernótus saga BorneyjarkappaIcelandic[...] og bindur utan um allan sinn búk ...Note: Composed by Jón Oddson HjaltalínNote: The title is on fol. 38v since that leaf (fol. 38) is the wrong way round. The correct order of the text would be: 38v, 38r, 39r.6. (50v-79r) Líkafróns saga og kappa hansIcelandic6.1. (88v-88v) LausavísaIcelandicflest mun dvína ánauð oks ...Enduð að Stóra-Vatnshorni í Haukadal 1ta marsí, annó 1817 af J.Js.Note: Without a title7. (79v-85v) Rígabels saga konungs og Alkanus (defective)IcelandicNote: Missing the the beginning8. (86r-88v) Faustus saga og Ermenu í Serklandi (defective)IcelandicNote: Missing the beginning8.1. (88v-88v) LausavísaIcelandicBúin saga Bernóti ...Note: Without a title9. (89r-100r) Nikulás saga leikaraIcelandic10. (100r-125r) Adónías sagaIcelandicEnduð að Stóra-Vatnshorni í Haukadal 25ta apríl 1817 ...11. (125v-136v) Vilmundar saga viðutanIcelandic12. (137r-146v) Sigurgarðs saga fræknaIcelandic13. (147r-163v) Starkaðar saga gamlaIcelandicNote: Composed by Snorri Björnsson at Húsafell14. (163v-166v) Hrómundar saga GripssonarIcelandicEnduð að Stóra-Vatnshorni í Haukadal dag 29da maii 1817 af J. Jónssyni. Illa klóruðNote: M.a.h. hefur verið bætt við: það er sannferðugtNote: Probably added later15. (167r-175v) Áns saga bogsveigisIcelandicHér byrjar söguna af Áni bogsveg …16. (175v-197v) Hálfdanar saga gamlaIcelandicEnduð á Stóra-Vatnshorni þann 6ta desemberba 1817 af J. JónssyniNote: Hálfdáni correction for Hákoni under the title17. (197v-201v) Hákonar þáttur HárekssonarIcelandic18. (202r-205v) Placidus sagaIcelandic

CodexPaper205200mm x 163mmYesPoor: In loose leaves, leaves missing between 37-38 and 85-86185mm x 141mmBut rarely visible due to conditionJóhannes Jónsson blindiKurrentSole

Info: J. Jónsson Vatnshorni í Haukadal. Both the P.E.Ó.-catalogue and Jón Þorkelsson consider the scribe to be Jónas Jónsson á Stóra-Vatnshorni. Kristinn Kristjánsson, in his BA-thesis from 1979 states that the scribe is Jóhannes Jónsson (1798-1877), Jóhannes the blind, a farmhand at Stóra-Vatnshorni, later a farmer at Smyrlahóll (pp. 16-18). M. J. Driscoll in "The unwashed children of Eve", based on the differences in the script type, finds it unlikely that Jóhannes Jónsson was a scribe of Lbs 1217 4to (pp. 66-67).

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Along with the manuscript is a double folio in the hand of Jón Þorkelsson, with information about the manucript's origin as well as a list of contents. "Kom 4.11.1896 frá Daða Daviðssyni á Kötlustöðum í Vatnsdal, fyrir milligöngu Björns alþingismanns Sigfússonar í Grímstungum".
On the front-fly-leaf 2r-v there is a later table of contents.

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1817
Iceland

Daði Davíðsson: OwnerJón Þorkelsson: Owner

Last update: 2017-10-12

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