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Jón Samsonarson (4-brot)

Jón Samsonarson 5 4to (1872, Iceland)
Private collection,
This manuscript consists of 3 parts.

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The manuscript is sewn together at the spine, though the first few leaves have become loose. The original binding is lost.

1872Iceland

Jón Marínó Samsonarson: Owner

Jón Samsonarson 5 4to I

1. (1r-14v) Þorsteins þáttur bæjarmagnsIcelandic13 Mars 1890

CodexPaper14188mm x 158mmContemporary pagination: Paginated 1-28Average150mm x 130mmGuðbrandur SturlaugssonUnknownSole

Info: Guðbrandur Sturlaugsson í Hvítadal

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Comment on fol. 14v: "Þetta er storfeinglegur Söguþáttur og eigi sem trúligastur Guðbrandur Sturlaugsson"

Jón Samsonarson 5 4to II

Printed pages 1-184 of originally 188 pages; probably from Björn Markússon's Nokkrir marg-fróðir söguþættir Islendinga (Hólar 1756)1. (1r-8r) Bandamanna sagaIcelandicNote: Printed pages 1-184 of originally 188 pages; probably from Björn Markússon's Nokkrir marg-fróðir söguþættir Islendinga (Hólar 1756)2. (8r-16r) Víglundar sagaIcelandic3. (16v-18r) Ölkofra þátturIcelandic4. (18v-29v) Háðvarðar saga ÍsfirðingsIcelandic5. (30r-41r) Þórðar saga hreðuIcelandic6. (41r-82r) Grettis saga ÁsmundarsonarIcelandic7. (82r-91r) Bárðar saga SnæfellsássIcelandic8. (91v-92v) Jökuls þáttur BúasonarIcelandicNote: Ends defective

CodexPaper92188mm x 158mmContemporary pagination: Paginated 1-191Good163mm x 130mmUnknownUnknownSole

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Jón Samsonarson 5 4to III

1. (1r-4r) Jökuls þáttur BúasonarIcelandicHvítadal 22 Martsi 1890Note: Handwritten continuation of the last þáttur.2. (1r-24v) Þorsteins saga GeirnefjufóstraIcelandicHvítadal 21 Martsi 1890

CodexPaper28188mm x 158mmContemporary pagination: Paginated 185-192 and 1-48Good155mm x 130mmGuðbrandur SturlaugssonUnknownSole

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Comments by the scribe. On fol. 96r, he writes: "Þessi sögu þáttur er audsjáanliga Skröksaga eins og Kjalnesinga sögur allar til samans all ómerkiligar, af litlu mann viti saman settar", and on fol. 96v, there are verses.

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