Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

Lbs 715 4to

Lbs 715 4to (1650-1690, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
1. (1r-6v) Gautreks sagaIcelandicGjafa Refs sagaNote: The ending is written in a decorative half-diamond shape. Ends in a riddle.2. (7r-13v) Tíódels sagaIcelandicSagan af Tíódel og hans kvinnu3. (14r-19r) Drauma-Jóns sagaIcelandicSagan af Drauma JóniNote: Leaf 17 more or less missing due to a tear4. (19v-33v) Yngvars saga víðförla (defective)IcelandicSagan af Ingvari EymundarsyniNote: Damaged in places and missing the end.5. (34r-42r) Áns saga bogsveigis (defective)IcelandicHér byrjar söguna af Án bogsveigirNote: Several leaves are missing5.1. (42v-42v) Um Án bogsveigir og Þóri háleggMagnús Jónsson í VigurIcelandicVísur Magnúsar Jónssonar í VigurNote: Two scaldic verses by Magnús Jónsson í Vigur on Án bogsveigir and Þórir háleggur6. (43r-51v) Nitida saga (defective)IcelandicNote: Damaged in places and missing the end7. (51r-55v) Malarinn brögðóttiIcelandicÆvintýri af einum brögðóttum myllumanni8. (56r-86v) Apollonius saga og Irons (defective)IcelandicSagan af Appolonio kóngi af TíróNote: From Þiðriks saga af Bern9. (87r-89v) Hrólfs saga kraka (defective)IcelandicBased on JS 27 fol.Note: Beginning only, leaf 88 more or less torn away.

CodexPaperiv, 89, ivNote: Flyleaves, front and back, come with the binding180mm x 140mmYesLater pagination: 1-178Poor #average: Some leaves are missing and script is not visible on the reverse side of some leaves160mm x 123mmYesÞórður JónsonKurrentSole

Info: Scribe uses textualis only on the first page and several lines into the second plus a few on the third page. Otherwise writes in kurrent.

Low

Initial: Initials and headings.
Vignette (tailpiece): Vignettes.

Medium

Sscribbles from a later date. Names: Krossastaða kíetran, Garðhorn, Magnús Jónsson, Hallgrímur, Jónas Þorsteirn, Jón. Grímur Grímsson á Hlíðarhaga.
Hallgrímur. Verses: Átti ég mann og missti hann / með honum fjölda barna / duttu þau öll í dauðans höll/ nema drengurinn litli þarna. Skriftin mín er stafastór / strikað illa letur / hún er eins og kattarklór / ég kann það ekki betur. Hallgrímur Þorsteinsson
List of contents on a slip from a later date added at the front

Moderately decorated (later)

Library binding, leather spine and corners

1650-1690Iceland

Last update: 2015-02-02

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