Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

BL Add. 11131

BL Add. 11131 (1800-1850, Denmark)
British Library, London
1.1. (1r-62v) Vopnfirðinga sagaNote: Divided into two parts: 1. Sagann af Brodd-Helga and on fol. 63 'Annar partr Vopn-firdínga söguNote: Extract1.2. (63r-81r) Vopnfirðinga sagaÞáttr (Biographie) af Þorsteini stángarhögg, skrifadr eptir No 496 í 4to á Trinitatis-kirkiu-turniNote: ExtractNote: After AustfirDinga Sögur ed. J Jakobsen, p. 54 l. 9 there is a note: 'Det maglende haves kun i en næsten ulæselig Membrana paa runde Taarn; alle andre Afskrivter ere her defecte'. Then there is a blank page and the next page begins with Austfirðinga sögur p. 56 l. 252. (81v-82v) Three family trees3. (83r-90v) Gull-Ásu-Þórðar þátturÞáttr af Gull-Ásu Þórdi4. (91r-96r) Þorsteins þáttur AustrfirðingsÞáttr af Þorsteini st-firdíng líf-gjiafa Magnúsar konúngs hinns góda. Skrifat eptir No 496 í 4to á Trínitatis turni í Kpmanna-hơfn5. (96v-100r) Þorsteins þáttur forvitnaÆfinntýr af Þorsteini forvitnaNote: Probably also copied from AM 496 4to6. (100v-102v) Þorsteins þáttur sögufróðaÆfinntýr af ödrum Þorsteini st-firdskumNote: Probably also copied from AM 496 4to7. (103r-124v) Þorsteins saga hvítaSagann af Þorsteini hvíta. Skrifut eptir No 496 í 4to á Trínitatis turni8. (125r-142v) Egils þáttur Síðu-HallssonarÞáttr af Eigli Sídu-Halls syni, skrifadr eptir No 518 í 4to á Trínitatis turni í Kpmanna-hơfn9. (143r-169v) Skálda sagaHér hefir Sögu Skálda Haralds konúngs hins hár-fagra, skrifut eptir No 307 í 4to á Trínitatis turni í Kaupmannahöfn þat handskrif er med hendi ÁsgeirsNote: Wium probably means Ásgeir Jónsson, Torfæus' amanuensis, but 307 is not in his hand.10. (170r-175v) Af Upplendinga konungumAf Upp-lendinga konúngum, skrifat eptir No 307 í fjögra-blada formi af Árna sáluga Magnússonar handskrifta-safni á heilagrar þrenníngar kirkiu-turni í Kaupmanna-höfn11. (176r-205r) Ragnarssona þátturHér seigir af Ragnars sunum ok hversu margir konúngar eru komnir af þeim...Skrifat eptir No 307 í 4to á Trínitatis turni12. (205r-207r) Three riddlesNote: The three riddles printed in Den Norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning A II, pp.228-9, with explanations; the kenning 'aldrtjón Ellu' connects them with the preceding item13. (207r-209v) Late Icelandic poetry14. (210r-211v) Genealogies from Landnámabók and sagasNote: One branch is carried down to Bishop Þórður Þorláksson.15. (212r-212v) NotesNote: Notes by Finnur Magnússon on a flyleaf in Danish with reference to pages of Vopnfirðinga saga.

CodexPaperiii, 211, iiiNote: 40r and 212r blank.YesContemporary paginationLater foliationGood165mm x 150mmHans Evertsson WiumKurrentSole

Info: Occasionally with comments in Danish. From note on f. 19v it appears he came to Copenhagen in 1795.

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1800-1850Denmark

Geir Vídalín: OwnerSir Joseph Banks: Owner

Last update: 2013-01-09

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