Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

UB 306 4to

UB 306 4to (1775-1799, Iceland)
Universitetsbiblioteket, Oslo
1. (1r:1-14v:11) Gull-Þóris saga (defective)IcelandicHer Hefst Saga Gull ÞorissHallsteinn son Þorolfs mostra skeggia nam allan ÞorskafiordVoblu Gunnnar og Ottar skilde utan fara og vera burt. Cætera desuntNote: Same redaction as in AM 561 4to 'with lacunae unfilled' (e.g. fol. 7v) (cf. Jónas Kr. typescript catalog).2. (15r:1-25v:29) Áns saga bogsveigisIcelandicSaga af Aan BogsveigerJ þann tima er filkis kongar voru i Norgefadir Sigurdar biodaskalla agiætz manns i NoregeA copy of AM 343a 4to.3. (26r:1-55v:6) Vatnsdæla sagaIcelandicVatnsdæla SagaMadur er nefndr Ketill þrumrog bar Þorkell þad firir ad hann var rett christin og elskadi GudA copy of AM 559 4to or a related MS (cf. typescript cat.)4. (56r:1-123v:36) Laxdæla sagaIcelandicJslendinga Sagan LaxdælaKetill flatnefr het madurBolli lifdi til elli og helt stormensku sinni[?] og hofdingskap og van þad[?] marg med af [.]eks [..]kum sem ej ne skrifad. enn vel hefdi matt ifra og edraEndud Laxdæla 1785 dj 15 AprilisAppears to be a copy of Rask 29 (cf. typescript cat.)5. (124r:1-148v:36) Eyrbyggja saga (defective)IcelandicHier Biriar Eyrbiggiu edur Þornesinga SauguKetill Flatnefur hiet madur Ends: enn er ad var hugad fanst þar eckj þviktNote: Defective. Lacks ending.6. (149r:1-149r:14) Hrólfs saga kraka (defective)Icelandic Begins: leingia ad þar fiell Hrolfur kong og aller kappar hans med godan ordstyrog lagt hia honum sverdid Skofnung og sinn haugur efftir hvorn kappana og med þeim vopn þeirraNote: Fragment; end only.

CodexPaper149203mm x 162mmNoneUnknownUnknownUnknownSole

Info: Jónas Kristjánsson suggests that Hjálmarr Þorsteinsson had the MS commissioned or perhaps wrote it himself (cf. typescript cat.)

None

Low

MS waste contains parts of personal letters. One is addressed to Hjálmarr Þorsteinsson, priest in Tröllatunga. Another is from Benedikt Bogason á Staðarfell, dated 14 December 1783. A table of contents has been added to the former. Autograph on front pastedown of a certain Sæmundur Þorsteinsson. The front pastedown also bears an unidentified location: "Krambe vid Hrotsfiord".

1775-1799
Iceland

Last update: 2013-07-19

Contact