Manuscripts:
Lbs 3627 4to
Lbs 3627 4to (1825-1875, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
1. (2r-8v) Þorsteins þáttur bæjarmagnsIcelandic2. (9r-21v) Þorsteins saga VíkingssonarIcelandic3. (21v-49r) Ambáles sagaIcelandic4. (50v-62v) Egils saga einhenda og Ásmundar berserkjabanaIcelandic5. (62v-63r) Konungatal, aldabyrjun og árareikningurIcelandic6. (63v-72r) Lukkunar veltihjólIcelandic7. (72v-75r) TólfstundasálmurIcelandic8. (75r-75v) EfnisyfirlitIcelandicNote: Also contains comment by the scribe regarding age of sagas. According to table of contents on fol. 75r and scribal comments on fol. 75v the part of the manuscript on which the sagas are written have originally been the last part of a bigger manuscript. This last part has contained the sagas of Ármann, Ásmundur og Tryggvi, Þorsteinn Víkingsson, Ambáles, Egill einhendi og Ásmundur berserkjabana and Lukkunnar veltihnottur. In the table of contents, Þorsteins þáttur bæjarmagns is the first, but while the sagas of Ásmundur og Tryggvi and Ármann are 6th and 7th in row, they don't appear here. 9. (76r-129r) Um þolinmæðinnar dyggðIcelandic[DE PAT]IENTIÆ VIRTUTE umm Þolinmædennar Dygd
CodexPaper129184mm x 157mmLater foliationGood160mm x 130mmYesHalldór GuðmundssonHum cursivaSole
Low
  • Mixed: Some catchwords contain knotwork
Low
  • Names of owners found in the manuscript: Halldór Guðmundsson (75v), Jón Þorbjörnsson (129v), Árni Sigurðsson (front and back fly-leaves).
Plain (contemporary)
In the binding there is a fragment of a value registry for the western province from 1848-1849.
1825-1875
Iceland
Sigurður Bárðarson: OwnerLeo Breiðfjörð: OtherHalldór Guðmundsson: OwnerAmbiguous: OwnerArni Sigurðsson: OwnerLandsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík: OwnerSigurður Bárðarson donated the manuscript in 1952. His son Leo Breiðfjörð sent the manuscript to Háskóli Íslands in 1952, it was later handed over to the Landsbókasafn. Previous owners: Halldór Guðmundsson, Jón Þorbjörnsson and Árni Sigurðsson, silversmith in Reykjavík.
Last update: 2015-02-10

 

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