Manuscripts:
JS 28 fol.
JS 28 fol. (1660, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
1. (1r-174v) Egils saga SkallagrímssonarIcelandic2. (179r-204r) Kjalnesinga sagaIcelandic3. (205r-211r) Jökuls þáttur BúasonarIcelandic4. (215r-306v) Vatnsdæla sagaIcelandic5. (309r-327v) Hálfdanar saga BrönufóstraIcelandic6. (329r-336v) Hróa þáttur heimskaIcelandic7. (337r-344r) GullkársljóðIcelandic
Last update: 2016-05-23Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
1. (1r-174v) Egils saga SkallagrímssonarIcelandic2. (179r-204r) Kjalnesinga sagaIcelandic3. (205r-211r) Jökuls þáttur BúasonarIcelandic4. (215r-306v) Vatnsdæla sagaIcelandic5. (309r-327v) Hálfdanar saga BrönufóstraIcelandic6. (329r-336v) Hróa þáttur heimskaIcelandic7. (337r-344r) GullkársljóðIcelandic
CodexPaperiii, 345, ii304mm x 200mmYesNoneGood: Some leaves loosened from book spine, leaves 338-345 loose and kept separately.143mm x 99mmNoJón ErlendssonUnknownSole
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- 0003r-FFl: "Virdulegur Herra Biskupenn MonsiörBrynjolfur Sveins son ad Skalholte, minn dygdarikur og elskulegur velgørda og ætt-broder, gaf mer þessa søgubók, enn eg gef hana nu dóttur minne Jarþrúde Hakonar dottur til eignar. Skrifad af Brædratungu31 Ianuarij, Anno 1675." and underneath: "Helga Magnus dottir eigin hendi"
- 0001r-FFl: "þessa bok a eg underskrifade 1803 M Ketilson"
- There is a smaller fragmentary leaf (fol. 71 bis) inserted between fols. 71 and 72, most likley written by the scribe himself. It contains text from Egils saga Skallagrímssonar
- Originally, the binding contained manuscript waste beard a letter dated to the 4th of April 1853 from Valgerður Guðmundsdóttir to Kristín Skúladóttir. The letter is now additional material addMat01r-addMat01v.
Decorative (contemporary)
Pressed leather binding with wooden boards, spine embossed.
Signs of clasps having been on the manuscript, but the hook for the clasp seems to have been lost.
Corners crimped with metal covers.
Pastedown leaves made of printed texts in Danish and Latin.
1660
Iceland
Iceland
Brynjólfur Sveinsson: OwnerHelga Magnúsdóttir: OwnerJarþrúður Hákonardóttir: OwnerMagnús Ketilsson: OwnerSkúli Magnússon: OwnerJón Eggertsson: OwnerBogi Thorarensen: OwnerBishop Brynjólfur
Sveinsson gave the manuscript to Helga Magnúsdóttir,
and she to her daughter Jarþrúður Hákonardóttir in
1675.
Magnús Ketilssonowned the manuscript in 1803.
Later owned by Skúli Magnússon,
Jón Eggertsson
and Bogi Thorarensen.
