Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

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Lbs 3565 4to

Lbs 3565 4to (1802-1804, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
1. (1r-74v) Rímur af TrójumönnumIcelandic[…] kveðnar af Guðmundi sál. BergþórssyniEndaðar 25 septem[…] af G[unnlaugi] G[uðmunds]syni.Note: 26 rímur2. (76r-76v) Hjálmþérs sagaIcelandicVerða og allt það mér væri ferlegt …Þessi saga er enduð að Ólafsvík 20. maí 1802 af G[unnlaugi] […] (76v) Note: Without a title, fragment3. (76v-87v) Heiðarvíga sagaIcelandicInntak á Víga-Styrs sögu fragmentiNote: Part of Jóns Ólafsson's retelling. Cf. Rask. 304. (88r-88r) Hrólfs saga GautrekssonarIcelandicOg eftir það settist hvor að sínu ríki … [brot]Sagan er enduð þann 3. febrúari 1804 á Sva[…] af G[unnlaugi] Guðmundssyni (88r) 5. (88v-93v) Bragða-Ölvis sagaIcelandicSagan af Bragða-ÖlvirEnduð 28. septembris 1803 G[unnlaugur] G[uðmunds]son (93v)6. (93v-103r) Þorsteins þáttur bæjarmagnsIcelandicSagan af Thorsteini BæjarmagnEnduð 15. októbris 180[…] (103r)Note: Incomplete7. (103r-107r) IcelandicÁrna sagaÞað skeði í Sandeyjum fyrir austan þá þar voru sjómenn …Note: Ljúflinga-Árni (Árnahjal)8. (107r-109r) Ormars þáttur FramarssonarIcelandicSaga af Ormari FraðmarssyniNote: Fragment

CodexPaper109180mm x 148mmYesNonePoor: Several folios missing throughout160mm x 130mmNote: Layout description may be inaccurate as text is incomplete on all folios due to poor conditionYesGunnlaugur GuðmundssonUnknownSole

Info: Gunnlaugur Guðmundsson, Svarfhóli, Miðdölum

Low

Vignette (tailpiece): Knotwork on folio 75r

Low

A stamp with the year 1802 is present on folio 106r.
Bottom part of folio 88r is written with red ink.
Fol. 75r: "Skrifuð af Gunnlaugi Guðmu[…] Svarfhóli í Dölum"
Squiggles by another hand on folios 3r and 57v.

Decorative (contemporary)

Leather binding. No longer attached to the book block - quires have been removed and placed in paper wraparounds.

1802-1804
Iceland

Kristján Einar Kristjánsson: OwnerKristján Einar Kristjánsson, Hítardal left his autograph on a back paste-down leaf.

Last update: 2015-02-10

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