Manuscripts:
Lbs 4665 4to
Lbs 4665 4to (1700-1799, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
1. (1r-76v) Eyrbyggja sagaIcelandicEyrbyggja eður Þórnesinga sagaNote: Incomplete2. (78r-140v) Fljótsdæla sagaIcelandicSagan af þeim Helga og Grími DroplaugarsonumNote: Incomplete3. (141r-148v) Bjarnar saga HítdælakappaIcelandic Begins: óþakklátur og stirður um það sem við bar og eitt sinn er hann átti um það að ræða kvað Þórður vísu: Ends: Björn svaf af um nóttina, en um morguninn stóð hann upp, og fór þegar meðNote: Fragment, beginning and ending missing. The bottom part of fol. 142r and all its verso side blank to fill out gaps in the text. It remains currently unfilled by any other known manuscript. See Íslenzk fornrit III, Rv 1938, p. 151, art. 1. 4. (149r-171v) Vopnfirðinga sagaIcelandicSagan af Brodd-Helga eður Vopnfirðinga saga5. (172r-186v) Svarfdæla sagaIcelandicSvarfdæla saga Hér vantar í (173r)Note: Fragment6. (187r-204v) Áns saga bogsveigisIcelandicSagan af Án bogsveigir7. (205r-206r) Þorsteins þáttur forvitnaIcelandicÆvintýr af Þorsteini forvitna skrifað eftir gömlu exemplari8. (206v-206v) Skylmingameistari og lærisveinn hansIcelandicEin historíaNote: Fable about a fencing master and his student.9. (207r-249v) Rímur af Þórði hreðuÞorvaldur MagnússonIcelandic Begins: V. Ríma Þórðar hreðu Ends: Svo skal enda sagðan þátt, saminn í ljóð á vetri, undanNote: Incomplete, missing beginning and ending. 15 rímur, 11 in the manuscript. Ends close to the ending of the 15th ríma.
CodexPaper249199mm x 156mmYesLater foliationGood: Pages missing between folios 7-8, 100-101, 140-141, 148-149, 172-173, 180-181 and 206-207 and after page 249180mm x 135mmYesUnknownUnknownSole
Moderate
  • Paratext: Coloured title, red: 1r, 149r
  • Paratext: Coloured title and beginning, red: 78r, 172r, 187r
  • Secondary (display-script): Coloured beginning of chapter, red: 161r-v, 162v
  • Secondary (rubric): Coloured chapter foreword, red: 172v
  • Initial (decorated): Coloured ornamental letter, red: 149r
  • Initial: Coloured initials throughout, red
Low
  • Page from the book block kept alongside. Written on recto side: "Sér[a] Jón Jónsson á Grenjaðarstað á þessa bók með réttu. Það skrifar Guðni Guðmundsson."
  • On verso side, initials: "G.Gs."
  • On folio 77v:"B.Hs."
Plain
Leather binding, pasted to wooden covers. Covers are loose and remains of the spine are left
Alongside the manuscript, a page from the book block is kept alongside.
1700-1799
Iceland
Jón Jónsson: Owner of manuscript: Síra Jón Jónsson á Grenjaðarstað (fly-leaf or paste-down)
Last update: 2015-02-10

 

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