Manuscripts:
Lbs 946 4to
Lbs 946 4to (1724, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
Later addition: Sagnabók af allmörgum meiriháttar fornmönnum ...
Með kostgæfni saman safnað og til dregið af Bjarna Péturssyni annó 1724. En nú að nýju á límt og saman bundið af Sólmundi Jónssyni að forlagi Jóhannesar Jónss., árið eftir Guðs burð 1844. 1. (2r-16v) Gautreks sagaIcelandicHér byrjast sagan af Hrólfi Gautrekssyni og byrjast fyrst Skafnatungs þáttur og svo sagan sjálfNote: Gautreks saga is on 2r-16v and Hrólfs saga 16v-66r2. (16v-66r) Hrólfs saga GautrekssonarIcelandic3. (66v-102r) Völsunga sagaIcelandicHér byrjar Völsunga sagan4. (103r-106v) Útlegging SigurdrífumálaIcelandicNote: Key to Sigurdrífumál5. (107r-190r) Egils saga SkallagrímssonarIcelandic6. (191r-215v) Víga-Glúms sagaIcelandicNote: In front of and to the side of the title: Víga-G[lú]ms sag[a]7. (215v-234v) Þorsteins saga VíkingssonarIcelandicSagan af Þorsteini Víkingssyni8. (235r-267v) Bevers sagaIcelandic9. (268r-282v) Samsons saga fagraIcelandic
Last update: 2015-02-13Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
Later addition: Sagnabók af allmörgum meiriháttar fornmönnum ...
Með kostgæfni saman safnað og til dregið af Bjarna Péturssyni annó 1724. En nú að nýju á límt og saman bundið af Sólmundi Jónssyni að forlagi Jóhannesar Jónss., árið eftir Guðs burð 1844. 1. (2r-16v) Gautreks sagaIcelandicHér byrjast sagan af Hrólfi Gautrekssyni og byrjast fyrst Skafnatungs þáttur og svo sagan sjálfNote: Gautreks saga is on 2r-16v and Hrólfs saga 16v-66r2. (16v-66r) Hrólfs saga GautrekssonarIcelandic3. (66v-102r) Völsunga sagaIcelandicHér byrjar Völsunga sagan4. (103r-106v) Útlegging SigurdrífumálaIcelandicNote: Key to Sigurdrífumál5. (107r-190r) Egils saga SkallagrímssonarIcelandic6. (191r-215v) Víga-Glúms sagaIcelandicNote: In front of and to the side of the title: Víga-G[lú]ms sag[a]7. (215v-234v) Þorsteins saga VíkingssonarIcelandicSagan af Þorsteini Víkingssyni8. (235r-267v) Bevers sagaIcelandic9. (268r-282v) Samsons saga fagraIcelandic
CodexPaperi, 282, i166mm x 145mmYesLater foliation: Added in pencil at cataloguing, sporadic, and again
during restoration Average: Was heavily cut when it was bound. Loose from binding
after repair157mm x 125mmNote: Has been trimmed during bindingYesUnknownKurrentMinor
Info: Fols. 103-106.
UnknownKurrentMajorInfo: Mainly
kurrent but with older features, probably influenced by the apograph.
Sólmundur JónssonKurrentMinorInfo: Leaves 1-4, 187,
215-234, 275-282 in a younger hand from 1844. In kurrent script with older
features
High
- Initial: Occasional large ornamented initials, especially at the front and back of the manuscript.
- Initial: Ornamented initials: 235r, 268r, 272r.
- Initial: Initials in red: 66v
- Initial: Title and beginning in red and blue: 107r
- Initial: Title and beginning in red: 191r
High
- 1r, name: Jóhannes Jónsson
- 190v, name: Bjarni Bæringsson í Ásgarði
- Leaves added in 1844: 1-4, 187, 215-234, 275-282
- Fol. 1v: Innihald bókarinnar [table of contents]
Decorative (contemporary)
Leather on wooden boards, decorated with clasps.
Along with the manuscript there are pieces of paper from the binding,
different sorts of handwritten material, (such as letters).
1724
Iceland
Iceland
Bjarni Pétursson: CommissionerBjarni Pétursson: OwnerKristín Bjarnadóttir: OwnerCommissioned by Bjarni Pétursson
of Skarðsströnd, a very wealthy sýslumaður, who copied many manuscripts or had them written for him.
Compiled by Bjarni sýslumaður Pétursson að Skarði á SkarðsströndKristín Bjarnadóttir
á Bæ í Hrútafirði, Bæringssonar í Ásgarði?
(front-flyleaf r-side and back-flyleaf v-side).
