Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

Lbs 942 4to

Lbs 942 4to
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
This manuscript consists of 5 parts.

CodexPaper81UnknownKurrentMajor

Info: Unknown scribes. Kurrent and chancery

None

1700-1799
Iceland

Lbs 942 4to 1st part (1700-1799, Iceland)

1. (1r-44v) Bjarnar saga Hítdælakappa (defective)IcelandicNote: Bottom half of leaf 17r and the whole of leaf 17v are blank

CodexPaper45209mm x 164mmYes!Foliation info not supported!: Only from the time of restoration. Leaf 44 has been added during repairing. Scribe has left the bottom part of leaf 17r and the whole of the verso-side blank. Poor: Dirty and tattered, previously loose leaves. Now repaired 174mm x 130mmYesUnknownKurrentMajor

1700-1799
Iceland

Lbs 942 4to 2nd part (1700-1799, Iceland)

1. (46r-57v) Lárentíus saga biskups (defective)IcelandicNote: Fragment

CodexPaper12202mm x 158mmYesNoneAverage163mm x 127mmYesUnknownKurrentMajor

1700-1799
Iceland

Lbs 942 4to 3rd part (1700-1799, Iceland)

1. (58r-72v) Vopnfirðinga saga (defective)IcelandicNote: Missing the beginning

CodexPaper15208mm x 163mmYesNonePoor170mm x 143mmYesUnknownChanceryMajor

Low

Initial: Initials with mild decoration in places
Vignette (tailpiece): Knotwork, slightly green coloured

Low

1700-1799
Iceland

Lbs 942 4to 4th part (1700-1799, Iceland)

1. (73r-79v) Laxdæla saga (defective)Icelandic

CodexPaper7193mm x 150mmYesAverage: Folio 75 is from restoration. There is a lacuna between folios 77 and 78154mm x 120mmYesUnknownKurrentMajor

1700-1799
Iceland

Lbs 942 4to 5th part (1700-1799, Iceland)

1. (80r-80v) Örvar-Odds saga (defective)Icelandichefur sverð það er Tyrfingur heitir og dvergar smíðuðu … ... hann tók þar land sem hann kaus ... Note: Fragment2. (81r-81v) Kjalnesinga saga (defective)IcelandicNote: Fragment

CodexPaper2191mm x 153-162mmYesPoor: A few tattered leaves. Now repaired. Folios 80-81 have been added during restoration.176mm x 145mmYesUnknownKurrentMajor

None

There is no binding as such left but there are marks where sowing took place and some remnants

1700-1799
Iceland

Last update: 2014-12-16

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