Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

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Lbs 893 8vo

Lbs 893 8vo (1800, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
1. (1r-6v) Þorsteins þáttur stangarhöggsIcelandicSöguþáttur af Þorsteini stangarhögg2. (7r-14v) Þorsteins saga hvítaIcelandicSöguþáttur af Þorsteini hvítaNote: Incomplete.3. (15r-17r) Þorsteins þáttur AustfirðingsIcelandicÞáttur af Þorsteini suðurfara4. (17r-17v) Þorsteins þáttur forvitnaIcelandicSöguþáttur af Þorsteini forvitnaNote: Ending missing.5. (18r-18r) Draumur Þorsteins Síðu-HallssonarIcelandicÞorsteini en hann spratt upp og brá sverði og féll [þe]gar aftur á bak dauður …Note: Without a title, fragment.6. (18v-19r) Kumlbúa þátturIcelandicDraumur Þorsteins Þorvarðssonar7. (19v-20v) Þorsteins þáttur sögufróðaIcelandicÞáttur af Þorsteini fróða Austfirðing8. (21r-22v) Ketils saga hængs (defective)IcelandicNote: Without a title, incompelteNote: Put in the wrong order, correct order: 22v, 23v, 23r9. (23r-24v) Gríms saga loðinkinnaIcelandicNote: Fol. 23v from Ketils saga hængs. Put in the wrong order, correct order: 23r, 24r, 24v10. (24v-37r) Örvar-Odds sagaIcelandicFrá Örvar-OddiNote: Two poems with another hand after the saga on 37v10.1. (37v-37v) VísurIcelandicGrundarfirði þann 3. janúar 1840 J. Daníelsson(37v)11. (38r-68v) Marons saga sterka (defective)written by Jón Oddsson HjaltalínNote: Without a title, incomplete12. (69r-104r) Zadig (defective)IcelandicÞó Zadig væri ungur að aldri var hann skipaður til að vera yfirdómari yfir öllum dómstólumNote: Without a title, incompleteNote: Translation by Jón Oddsson Hjaltalín of Zadig by Voltaire (see The Unwashed Children of Eve by M. Driscoll)13. (104v-105r) Historiur lesnar anno 1792IcelandicNote: List by Jón Oddson Hjaltalín over the foreign books he has read between 1792 og 179314. (105r-105r) Bréf prússakóngsIcelandic15. (105v-105v) Sögur mínarIcelandicNote: List by Jón Oddsson Hjaltalín

CodexPaper105165mm x 100mmYesContemporary foliationPoor: Missing leaves between fol. 11 and 12, 48 and 49, 76 and 77 and more140mm x 80mmYesJón Oddsson HjaltalínHum cursivaSole

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Initial: Decorated initials, particularly on fol.: 38-68

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One added restoration leaf at the beginning of the manuscript, and also one empty leaf restoration between fol. 76 og 77

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Unbound quires are separately held togetehr with paper strips.

1800Iceland

Last update: 2015-01-13

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