Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:
ÍB 269 4to
ÍB 269 4to (1660-1700, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
1. (1r-52r) Göngu-Hrólfs sagaIcelandic2. (52v-85r) Þorsteins saga VíkingssonarIcelandic3. (-) Ectors sagaIcelandicNote: Written 16804. (-) Konungs skuggsjáIcelandicSpeculum RegaleNote: The latter part is in a different hand (2).
CodexPaper213173mm x 138mmJón ÓlafssonKurrentMajor
UnknownKurrentMinor
Info: Scribe unknown, but evidently a younger hand who has written the latter part of Konungs skuggsjá and added text which had been lacking in Jon's parchment exemplar.
Hálfdan EinarssonHum cursivaMinor
Info: Marginalia, notes and variants in his hand
Low
High
  • "Lambavatni" written on f. 125v.
  • Section with Konungs skuggsjá with numerous comments and additions in the margins, both scribal and from later users.
  • Note between ff. 197-198 with a table of contents.
  • Note between ff. 212-213 that says "Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson á Uppsum".
Plain
Leather binding.
1660-1700Iceland
Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson: OwnerÞorsteinn Þorsteinsson á Upsum, 1871.
Last update: 2014-12-16

 

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