Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

BL Add. 11163

BL Add. 11163 (1774, Iceland)
British Library, London
1. (1r-49r) Ljósvetninga sagaIcelandicSagann Af Gudmunde Rÿka Þorgeyre Goda og Þorkiele Haak Þesse saga er kollud ødrum nafne ReÿkdælaÞorgeyr Gode hiet madur er bio ad lioosavatneoc spyr ef hann vill nockut leggja bótaNote: Ff. 33-49 have been inserted at a later date, probably around 1800, presumably due to the loss or damage to the leaves which have been replacedNote: Appears to be the C-version as shown by the last chapter (XXX), ff. 47v-49r, which is Þórarins þáttr ofsa, traditionally appended to the C-version2. (50r-67r) Sögubrot af nokkrum fornkonungum í Dana og SvíaveldiIcelandicAf Brävalla BardagaIvar hefur konungr heited er stiornade Svija VelldeOg endum vier so hier med Sógu af Braavalla Bardaga. FINIS Telos3. (67v-76r) Hreiðars þáttur heimskaIcelandicSaga af Hreidare heimskaÞordur hiet madur islendskiu Þorgrimz son hreidarz sonarEndud þann 8da Apr: Anno 17744. (76v-120r) Göngu-Hrólfs sagaIcelandicSaga af Hrölfe Sturla sÿneHreggvidur hefur konungr heijtedSkrifud in April: Aared 1774 af JSigurdss5. (120v-136v) Griseldis sagaIcelandicSagan Af Gryshyllde þolinnmoduI Vallande vid sölarennar nidurgaungu edur vestan til a landennstiörnade þui bæde vel og leinge i mörg aar med rijkdöme og þar med endar þessa sögu. FINIS

CodexPaperiv, 137, iii197mm x 155mmYesContemporary paginationLater foliationAverage155mm x 130mmJakob SigurðssonKurrent

Info: Jakob Sigurðsson á Hofi í Vopnafirði

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Initial: f.76v - an inhabited large initial

Plain (later)

1774Iceland

Jakob Sigurðsson: SignatoryFinnur Magnússon: OwnerSir Joseph Banks: OwnerAccording to note on flyleaf, purchased from Finnur Magnússon in July 1837

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