Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève MS. 3715

MS. 3715 (1908-, France)
Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris
1. (1r:1-80v:1) Bandamanna saga (French)FrenchBandamanna sagaIl y avait un homme appelé ÓfeigrEt ici finit la sagaNote: Fol. 1r reads: "Editions de Reykjavik 1901". Fols. 68r-80v contain: appendices (Extraits de l'édition de Halldór Friðkrillsson, Copenhague 1850), table of names and persons, placenames 2. (81r:1-220v:1) Flóamanna saga (French)FrenchFlóamanna sagaLe roi Haraldr gullskeggr régnait sur le Sogn.Et ici se termine cette saga.Note: Fol. 81r reads: "Edition de Reykjavik 1898 et fragments inserées dans les "Origines islandicae". Oxford 1905." Fols. 207v-220v contain: table of names and persons, placenames, misc. 3. (221v:1-304r) Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu (French)FrenchGunnlaugs saga ormstungu[Thorsteinn et Jófriður, père et mère de Helga]Et finit ici la saga.Note: Fol. 221r reads: "Edition E. Mogk. Halle 1908."4. (305r:1-343v:27) Gautreks saga (French)FrenchSaga de Gautrekr ou Saga de Gjafa-Refr et des Dala-fíflir[Les circonstances auxquelles le roi Gautrekret finit ici la saga de Gjafa-RefrNote: Fol. 305r reads: "dans Fornaldar sögur Norðrlanda, T. III, Ed. de Reykjavik". Fols. 340v-343v: table of names and persons, placenames 5. (346r:1-362r:28) Notice sur Starkaðr enn gamliFrenchStarkaðar enn gamliStarkaðr gamli a été le plus populaire des héros légendaires.d'autres disent à Villingebro en Skåne.Note: Attached to the book; smaller leaves. Translation of P. A. Munch. Norrøne Gude- og Helte Sagn, Christiania, 1880 6. (363r:1-363v:6) Table of contentsFrenchTable du fasciculeBandamanna sagaNotice sur Starkaðr enn gamliNote: Glued to the back flyleaf, probably a later addition by Pontois, as leaves are in a smaller format.

CodexPaperii, 363, i268mm x 209mmContemporary foliationGood245mm x 172mmLouis le PontoisHum cursivaSole

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Plain (contemporary)

Bound in contemporary paper with later laminate reinforcement

1908-FranceNote: Written some time after 1908, the publication date of Mogk's edition of Gunnlaugs saga

Louis le Pontois: Owner

Last update: 2013-02-18

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