Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

JS 27 fol.

JS 27 fol. (1670, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
Contemporary: Nokkrar fróðlegar formannasögur til leyfilegrar skemmtunnar1. (1v-1v) Table of ContentsIcelandicInnihald bókarinnar2. (2r-39v) Vilhjálms saga sjóðsIcelandicSagan af Vilhjálmi sjóð3. (40r-61r) Mágus sagaIcelandicSagan af Máus jarli og þeim Ámundasonum4. (61v-73v) Partalópa sagaIcelandicSagan af Partalópa5. (74r-104v) Hrólfs saga krakaIcelandicSagan af Hrólfi kóngi krakaMadur er nefndur Hälfdän enn annar Fröde, brædúr túeir og konga sÿn er og stÿrde sÿnu rÿke huor þeirra.ok endar hier saúghúna Hrölfs k. kraka ok kappa hanns.Copy of AM 285 4to; copied into Lbs. 715 4toLbs 272 fol.Lbs 154 4toBM Add 4860 fol.Note: 40 chapters6. (105r-110r) Drauma-Jóns sagaIcelandicSagan af Drauma-Jóni7. (110v-132v) Þorsteins saga VíkingssonarIcelandicSagan af Þorsteini Víkingssyni8. (133r-139v) Friðþjófs sagaIcelandicSagan af Friðþjófi Þorsteinssyni9. (140r-147v) Ála flekks sagaIcelandicSagan af Álaflekk10. (148r-177v) Hrólfs saga GautrekssonarIcelandicSagan af Hrólfi kóngi Gautrekssyni11. (178r-189r) Flóres saga konungs og sona hansIcelandicSagan af Flóris kóngi og sonum hans12. (189v-233v) Rémundar saga keisarasonarIcelandicSagan af Rémund keisarasyni13. (234r-253r) Þjalar-Jóns sagaIcelandicSagan af Þjalar-Jóni Svipdagssyni og Eireki forvitna14. (253v-258v) Tiodels saga riddaraIcelandicSagan af Thiodel og hans kvinnu15. (259r-271v) Viktors saga og BlávusIcelandicSagan af Bláus og Victor16. (272r-279r) Þorsteins þáttur bæjarmagnsIcelandicSagan af Þorsteini bæjarbarni17. (279v-305v) Dínus saga dramblátaIcelandicSagan af Dínus drambláta18. (306r-314r) Nitida sagaIcelandicSagan af Nitida hinni fræguHannes Gunnlaugsson braut stafina ()19. (314v-329r) Dámusta sagaIcelandicHér byrjast sagan af Dámusta20. (329v-347v) Helenu sagaIcelandicSagan af Helenu einhendu í hvörri sjá má lukkunnar óstöðugleika og einninn af læra góða dyggð þolinmæðinnar21. (348r-362v) Vilmundar saga viðutanIcelandicSagan af Vilmundi viðutan22. (363r-381r) Hálfdanar saga BrönufóstraIcelandicSagan af Hálfdáni Brönufóstra

CodexPaper388, iiNote: The flyleaves are made from a bookkeeping register dating from the first part of the 19th century304mm x 200mmFoolscap?Later foliationGood240mm x 146mmYesHannes GunnlaugssonHybridaMajor

UnknownUnknownMinor

Info: fols. 1-2, 6, 10, 379-381r

Moderate

Border: Decorative border: 39r, 61r, 73v, 74r, 104v, 110r, 132v, 177v, 189r, 253r, 271v, 279r, 305v, 381r
Frieze (tail-piece): Knotwork and gilded knotwork: 73v, 139v, 147v, 314r, 329r
Paratext (title-page): Decorated title page: 1r
Paratext: Decorated and coloured rubrics: 40r, 74r, 133r, 140r, 148r, 178r, 189v, 234r, 253v, 259r, 272r, 279v, 306r, 314v, 329v, 348r, 363r
Initial: Coloured initials and ornamental letters in the text (also at beginning and ending of chapters): 40r, 61v, 62r, 73v, 74r, 104v, 105r, 110r, 133r, 139v, 140r, 147v, 148r, 177v, 178r, 189v, 190r, 234r, 253r, 253v, 254r, 258v, 259r, 271v, 272r, 279r, 279v, 280r, 306r, 314v, 315r, 329v, 330r, 348r, 362v, 363r
Border: Colours in the manuscript: red, green, blue and brown.

Low

There are almost no marginalia, only a couple of scribal corrections. The margin area is obscured at some places because of the conservation.
Back flyleaf ( 0001v-RFl and 0002v-RFl) contain a bookkeeping list from first part of the 19th century.

Moderately decorated (contemporary)

Pressed leather binding with wooden boards, printed; clasps but a hook is missing.

Two strips of the manuscript kept with the manuscript; scribbling on the verso side of the strips

1670Iceland

Jón Sigurðsson: Owner

Last update: 2016-05-23

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