Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

Lbs 152 4to

Lbs 152 4to (1780, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
Later addition: Aðskiljanlegra fróðlegra sagna- og ævintýrafésjóður.
Samanskrifaður í eitt, af síra H[alldóri J[akobssyni] sýslumanni Strandasýslu ...1. (1r-7v) Ketils saga hængsIcelandicHér hefur söguna af þeim feðgum Katli Hæng Grím loðinkinna og Örvaroddi2. (7v-10v) Gríms saga loðinkinnaIcelandicFrá Grími Loðinkinna3. (10v-41v) Örvar-Odds sagaIcelandicHér byrjar söguna af Örvaroddi syni Gríms L.4. (42r-62v) Ásmundar saga víkingsIcelandic5. (63r-66v) Hróa þáttur heimskaIcelandic6. (67r-83v) Konráðs saga keisarasonarIcelandic7. (84r-128v) Mágus sagaIcelandicNote: Preface on fol. () : Hér byrjar þættiir af þeim frændum [Hrólfi skugga]fífli, Vilhjálmi Laissyni og Geirarð Vilhjálmssyni8. (129r-150v) Esópus sagaIcelandic9. (151r-154v) Illuga saga GríðarfóstraIcelandicSagan af Illhuga Gríðarfóstra10. (155r-162v) ÆvintýriIcelandic11. (163r-207r) Rímur af Úlfari sterkaIcelandicNote: Title with another hand12. (208r-213v) EylandsrímurIcelandicNote: 3 rímur

CodexPaperi, 213, i200mm x 160mmYesContemporary pagination: Remnants of old pagination, 300-513 (1r-213v)Average: The manuscript has been restored by Páll Pálsson, student, by glueing strips on the leaves' edges, sometimes hiding some text. In some of these places the text has been filled in in his hand.173-183mm x 135-145mmYesHalldór JakobssonKurrentSole

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Title taken from Lbs 151 4to
Title, 0002r-FFl-2r, table of contents, 0002v-FFl, in the hand of Páll Pálsson student
Filled in text in many places due to restoration or damage, in the hand of Páll Pálsson
A scribble ( 207v)

Plain (later)

Cardboard binding covered in dark brown linen.

1780IcelandLbs 151 4to Lbs 152 4to were originally a single manuscript

Last update: 2016-05-30

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