Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Manuscripts:

JS 625 4to

JS 625 4to (1700-1799, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
Later addition: Sögu-Safn III1. (1r-14r) Sturlaugs saga starfsamaIcelandicHér byrjar sögu [af] Sturlaugi starfsama2. (14r-18v) Rauðúlfs þátturIcelandicSöguþáttur af Rauðúlfi og sonum hans3. (18v-24v) Gorms saga gamlaIcelandicHér byrjar söguna af Gormi konungi gamla og Þorkeli aðalfara4. (25r-50v) Mágus sagaIcelandicHér byrjar söguna af Máus jarliNote: Longer version5. (52r-56v) Hrólfs þáttur skuggafíflsIcelandicHér byrjar söguna af Hrólfi skuggafífliNote: From a longer version of Mágus saga jarls6. (57v-60r) SamtíningurIcelandicNote: Various miscellanies, e.g. road measurements, calendar, list of values of Roman numbers and more.7. (61r-65v) Nitida sagaIcelandicSagan af Nitidá frægu8. (66r-88r) Göngu-Hrólfs sagaIcelandicHér byrjar sögu af Göngu-Hrólfi

CodexPaperi, 88200mm x 165mmYesLater foliationAverage: Closely cropped, especially at the top, and dirty186mm x 146mmYesUnknownKurrentMinor

Info: I fols. 1r-24r

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Info: II fols. 25r-56v

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Info: III fols. 57v-58r

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Info: IV fols. 58v-60

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Info: V fols. 61r-65v

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Info: VI fols. 66r-88r

Low

Vignette (tailpiece): On fol. 88r
Initial (decorated): Decorated initials in some places

Low

Ffl 1r in the hand of Páll Pálsson the student.
A table of contents on ffl 1v in the hand of "Innihald"
Ownership note on fol. 51v: "Þessa Søgu Bok á ég undirskrifaður með réttu, að Lögmannshlíð 11. júní 1781 (1805) J.Ólafsson G.Jónsson" [3x]
Fol. 57r: "Þesse Søgu Bok heirer Mier til J.Ólafsson J.Ólafsson G.Jónsson, 1783, 1784.""Þesse Sögu Bók heirer Mier til Med Riettu J.Ólafsson[3x] G.Jónsson[3x]"
Fol. 88v: "G.Jónsson"[2x], "Halldóra"

Plain (later)

1700-1799IcelandNote: From a collection in 19 volumes: JS 623 4to - JS 641 4to

Jón Sigurðsson: OwnerJ. Ólafsson: OwnerG. Jónsson: Owner

Last update: 2016-04-02

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