Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:
Icel. MS. 32
Icel. MS. 32 (1789, Iceland)
Houghton Library, Cambridge, MA
ContemporaryNote: Most likely drawn by séra Hjálmar Þorsteinsson (1742-1819), the parson at Trollatunga, who was known for his drawing and binding skills (Æviskrár 2: 356). "Skemtilegur fraasagna fiesiódur af mørgum merkilegum fornkongum, hertogum, jørlum og høfdingium. Sem aa fyrre ølldum hier aa nordurløndum mørg frægdar verk framed hafa, og sinum undir mønum lof-lega stiórnad / nú ad nýiu uppskrifadur / of þeim sem / Heidrar Iafnan Spekina. / Innfest 1789 of þeim er Hefur Þetta Skrifad. H. Þ. S."1. (2r-4r) Table of contentsIcelandicFormäli2. (6r-29r) Sigurðar saga þöglaIcelandicHier byriar Sögu af Sigurde þøglaAA dögum Artús kongs ens frægaog lykur þanning sögu af Sigurdi þögla.On fol. 28v the scribe left a note saying: Þessa Bó a eg undir skrifadur og er vel ad henni kominn/ Benedictsson3. (30r-51r) Völsunga sagaIcelandicSaga Ragnars Lod-brókar, Budlunga Wolsunga, Guikunga, Sigurdar fanfis bana og Sona RagnarsHier hefur upp og seigur af þeim manni er Siggi hetNote: Items 3-5 are written as one saga.4. (51r-65r) Ragnars saga loðbrókarIcelandicNote: Items 3-5 are written as one saga.5. (65r-66r) Ragnarssona þátturIcelandicNu lykure hier sögu þeira Budlunga, Wolsunga, Guikunga, Sigurdae Fabnisbana Ragnars kongs lodbrokar og Sona hansThom: Thorf: Sene(?)Note: Items 3-5 are written as one saga.6. (67r-74r) Áns saga bogsveigisIcelandicSagan af An BogsveigeI þann tijma er Fylcis kongurog likur hier sogur af Än Bogsveigar7. (75r-253r) Þiðreks sagaIcelandicmissingNote: First few pages missing, probably 2 or 3; text starts on fol. 78r.8. (254v-272v) Egils saga einhenda og Ásmundar berserkjabanaSagan af Egli Einhendta og Asmundi Berserkjebana9. (273r-297v) Þjalar-Jóns sagaIcelandicSagan af ÞialarJoone Svipdagssyne10. (298r-321v) Sagan af RósaníuIcelandicSogur þättur af Roosania, utlagdur af Italiensku mäli. 1712
CodexPaper318190mm x 150mmYesNoneAverage172mm x 138mmYesHalldór JakobssonKurrentMajor
UnknownKurrentMinor
Info: Later replacements for wornout pages: fols. 161-62, 254, 261, 320-21.
Low
  • Other: The title page is decorated
Low
  • On fol. 73v"Stepan SSon/ Jomfru Ragnheiður/ Stephan BenediktssonVíðimÿri/ [second hand] Stephan Benediktsson" is written in a later hand. On fol. 1v, "Katrín" is written, most likely Einarsdóttir. On fol. 5r: "Benediktsson". On fol. 29v: "Þessa Bók a eg undir skrifadur og er vel ad henni kominn. Stefán Benedictsson."” On fol. 321v: "Veledla / Madami Ragnheidur Benediktsdóttir / j / Vÿdimíri á Þeßa sögu bok. / Vitnar undirskrifadur / Sigurður Sigurdsson.""Ragnheiður"
Decorative (contemporary)
Bound in tooled leather over wood boards. Several pages of printed waste within the binding. They contain a commentary on the book of Job (Comentarii in Liber Iob). The binding was most likely done by séra Hjálmar Þorsteinsson (1742- 1819).
1789Iceland
Stefán Benediktsson: OwnerRagnheiður Benediktsdóttir: OwnerBenedikt Halldórsson: OwnerÁstríður Bjarnadóttir: OwnerArchibald Cary Coolidge: OwnerKonrad Maurer: Owner
Last update: 2016-08-02

 

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