Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

Lbs 360 I II III 4to

Lbs 360 4to
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
This manuscript consists of 3 parts.

Lbs 360 4to part I (1810-1814)

Later addition: Þessi bók er af sögusafni Boga Benedictssonar Ao 1814 og af manuscriptis merkt í catalogo under Numer 8
Sögu-Safn VIINote: Flyleaf 1rNote: Flyleaf 2rNote: In the hand of Páll Pálsson stúdent1. (FFl1r-FFl1r) Table of contentsIcelandicInnihald bókarinnar er:Note: In the hand of Bogi Benedictson2. (1r-4r) Þorsteins þáttur tjaldstæðingsIcelandicSagan af Þorsteini Ásgrímssyni eður tjaldstæðingiEnduð 28. Martz 18103. (4r-8v) Brandkrossa þátturIcelandicÞáttur um uppruna Dropalaugarsona og af BrandkrossaEndað 31ta Martz 1810Note: A slightly different version from the one in item 43.1. (9r-10v) Vopnfirðinga sagaIcelandic... við Þorvarð lækner nú er komeð so sárum vorum hér að Hofe ad vér munum verða sjálfbjarga með umsjá þinni en ég veit að Þorkell hefur sár og græðir hann enginn ... Ragnheiður var systir Þorláks biskups módir Páls biskups og Orms Jónssonar og Jóns prests Arnþórssonar.Note: The last chapter of Vopnfirðingasaga and a few sentences from the penultimate. 4. (10v-12v) Brandkrossa þátturIcelandicNote: Not quite the same version as in item 35. (13r-49r) Flóamanna sagaIcelandicSagan af Þorgils Þórðarsyni Orrabeinsfóstra eður FlóamannasagaEnduð 10da Mají 18115. (49r-50r) Draumur Þorsteins Síðu-HallssonarIcelandic6. (50r-51r) Kumlbúa þátturIcelandicDraumur Þorsteins Þorvarðarsonar7. (51r-65r) Áns saga bogsveigisIcelandicSagan af Án bogsveigirEnduð 8da Apr: 1812

CodexPaperii, 66, i200mm x 160mmThe year 1806/1809 can be readLater foliation: In pencil, every tenth leaf, added at the time of cataloguingGood192mm x 142mmYesUnknownHum cursivaMajor

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Front flyleaf 1r: titlepage with register in the hand of Bogi Benediktsson added to the register in the hand of Páll Pálsson stúdent
Front flyleaf 2r: titlepage 2 in the hand of Páll Pálsson stúdent
Item 3.1: Fol. 9r-10v not included in the table of contents

Plain (later)

Later binding: a library binding from the time of Páll student Pálsson

Paper has been cut at the time of binding but without any apparent damage to the text

1810-1814

Bogi Benediktsson: Brynjólfur Benedictsen: From a collection in 9 volumes: Lbs 354 4to - Lbs 362 4to. From Bogi Benediktsson's and Br[ynjólfur] Benedictson í Flatey's collections (68r)

Lbs 360 II 4to (1810, Iceland)

Later addition: Þessi saga af Starkaði gamla er af Sögusafni Boga Benediktssonar og af manuscriptis merkt í catalogo under Numer 12 Sub. Lit A. Note: Flyleaf 1rNote: Flyleaf 2r. Þessa bók á Herra Br. Benedictsen í Flatey1. (1r-49v) Starkaðar saga gamlaSnorri Björnsson á HúsafelliIcelandicSagan af Starkaði gamla StórvirkssyniNote: A verse in the end of the story in Icelandic and LatinNote: A few lines in runic script in chapter 131.1. (50r-50r) VikarsbálkurIcelandicÞeir sem vilja verða fróðari í Ljóðmælum Starkaðar geta lesið Vikars þátt í Hrólfs Gautrekssonar sögu frá 3ja til 8da kapitula Eftirfylgjandi vísur úr Vikarsbálki hefur sá svenski Björner útgefiðFylgða ek fylkiNote: As in Biörners editionNote: Verses from Vikarsbálkur2. (50v-51v) Haralds saga hilditannarIcelandicUm Harald hilditönn og Sigurð hring

CodexPaperii, 52199mm x 160mmYesContemporary pagination: only the first leafLater foliation: Foliation in pencil from time of cataloguing: every tenth leafGood19mm x 14mmNote: There is a pencil frame around the text except for on the last three pagesOutside the frameUnknownHum cursivaMajor

UnknownKurrentMinor

Low

Diagram: A drawing of battle-arrays 107r

Low

Leaf 67r is a Titlepage in the hand of Bogi Benediktsson and on leaf 68r there is information about the book's history: Þessa bók á Br. Benediktsen í Flatey
At the end of Starkaðar saga gamla 117v: Ég þakka yður alúðlega fyrir lánið

Plain

Part I, II and III in one binding

1810Iceland

Brynjólfur Benedictsen: Owner

Lbs 360 III 4to (1750-1799, Iceland)

1. (1r-8v, 120r-127v) Jarlmanns saga og Hermanns (defective)IcelandicSagan af Hermann kóngi og JallmannNote: The end is missing

CodexPaper198mm x 162mmYesContemporary paginationGoodUnknownKurrentMajor

None

Plain

1750-1799Iceland

Last update: 2011-11

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