Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

Lbs 2798 4to

Lbs 2798 4to (1760, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
1. (1r-40r) IcelandicNote: Af Persakóngum, Grikkjum og Alexander mikla2. (41r-49v) Hrafnkels saga FreysgoðaIcelandic3. (50r-59r) Hænsa-Þóris sagaIcelandic3.1. (59r-59r) Vísa um Hænsna-ÞórirHæruna Hænsna-Þórir4. (59v-84r) Reykdæla sagaIcelandicNote: Saga af Vémundi og Víga-SkútaNote: Missing the ending5. (86r-90r) Hálfdanar saga BarkarsonarIcelandic6. (90r-112v) Fóstbræðra sagaIcelandicNote: variants can also be found on the slip 112bis7. (113r-158r) Fortunatus saga (defective)IcelandicOg endast hér Fortunati saga, sem skrifuð og útlögð var að Berufirði anno 1690 af sýslumanninum Jóni ThorlákssyniNote: See folio 157v for a completion of the lacuna in the text8. (158v-158v) Hálfdanar saga Eysteinssonar (defective)IcelandicNote: A fragmentt9. (159r-208v) Egils saga SkallagrímssonarIcelandic10. (208v-209v) Þorsteins þáttur AustfirðingsIcelandic11. (209v-210v) Þorsteins þáttur forvitnaIcelandic

CodexPaper210, ii197mm x 155mmYesNote: Blank pages: 40v 84v and 85r-vNonePoor165mm x 130mmYesUnknownKurrentMajor

Info: Unidentified scribe

UnknownUnknown

Info: Page 158v in a different hand

Moderate

Initial: Initials and headings in a different script type

Low

There is a bifolio along with the ms with a fragment of Vilmundar rímur viðutan from stanzas 3., 4., and 7. by Guðni Jónsson í Fljótstungu, from 1815

Plain

Leather binding

1760
Iceland

Jónína Magnúsdóttir:

Last update: 2013-01-29

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