Manuscripts:
GKS 1003 fol.
GKS 1003 fol. (1650-1692, Iceland)
Det Kongelige Bibliotek, København
ContemporaryNote: partly scratched out by Björn Þorleifsson1. (1v-24v) Hrólfs saga GautrekssonarIcelandic2. (25r-48v) Göngu-Hrólfs sagaIcelandic3. (49r-63v) Þorsteins saga VíkingssonarIcelandic4. (65r-110v) Njáls sagaIcelandic5. (110v-124r) Finnboga saga rammaIcelandic6. (124v-132v) Þórðar saga hreðuIcelandic7. (133r-139r) Kjalnesinga sagaIcelandic8. (139r-141r) Jökuls þáttur BúasonarIcelandic9. (141r-144r) Orms þáttur StórólfssonarIcelandic
Last update: 2015-02-12Det Kongelige Bibliotek, København
ContemporaryNote: partly scratched out by Björn Þorleifsson1. (1v-24v) Hrólfs saga GautrekssonarIcelandic2. (25r-48v) Göngu-Hrólfs sagaIcelandic3. (49r-63v) Þorsteins saga VíkingssonarIcelandic4. (65r-110v) Njáls sagaIcelandic5. (110v-124r) Finnboga saga rammaIcelandic6. (124v-132v) Þórðar saga hreðuIcelandic7. (133r-139r) Kjalnesinga sagaIcelandic8. (139r-141r) Jökuls þáttur BúasonarIcelandic9. (141r-144r) Orms þáttur StórólfssonarIcelandic
CodexParchmentiv, 144, ii310mm x 240mmLater foliationGood240mm x 180mmUnknownTextualisSole
High
- Initial: Decorated titles and initials at chapter beginnings throughout.
Low
- Table of contents by Árni Magnússon at the front.
Decorative (contemporary)
Red velvet binding
The binding dimensions are:
320mm x
270mm x
100mm
1650-1692Iceland
Jón Eyjólfsson: CommissionerChristian V Kong af Danmark : OwnerBjörn Þorleifsson: OwnerThe manuscript and its first part, GKS 1002 fol., were
written for Jón Eyjólfsson of Eyvindarmúli in Fljótshlíð. They came to Copenhagen
about twenty years after they were written. The two volumes vere
presented to king Christian V by reverend
Björn Þorleifsson.
They were returned to Iceland in 1971.
