Manuscripts:
Lbs 4827 4to
Lbs 4827 4to (1801-1856, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
1. (1r-8v) Bergbúa þátturIcelandicBergbúa þáttur [m. vísnaskýringum]Skrifað eftir gömlum sundurrotnum blöðum. E[inar] (8v)2. (9r-15r) Hauks þáttur hábrókarIcelandicSöguþáttur af Hauki hábrók og Vígharði3. (15v-24v) Atla saga ÓtryggssonarIcelandicSöguþáttur af Atla Ótryggssyni4. (25r-62v) Bjarnar saga HítdælakappaIcelandicSaga Bjarnar Hítdælakappa5. (63r-90r) Kormáks sagaIcelandicHér ritast Kormáks sagaNote: Orðamunur neðanmáls6. (91r-106v) Rímur af Skáld-HelgaIcelandicRímur af Skáld-Helga söguRímur þessar hef ég í fyrstu ritað eftir nýlegu fínt og smátt skrifuðu exempl., af þeim mér léðu austan af landi … Annars munu rímur þessar vera orðnar stórum afbakaðar ærið víða [skrifari fjallar hér um forrit sitt og uppskrift sína] (106v)Note: 7 rímur7. (-) Þóris þáttr hasts (defective)Icelandic8. (-) Hálfs saga og Hálfsrekka (defective)Icelandic9. (-) Hrólfs saga kraka (defective)arr at eiga Øgn. oc settizt sva at riki meþ Nordra kon ongi mági sinom;oc reifar hann innani þesso huþfati síþan fær hon til menn oc letr flytia hann til Scipa sinna Note: One leaf fragment from Helga þáttr10. (-) brot úr hátíðarbænum (fragments of festive prayers) (defective)
CodexPaperi, 106, i188mm x 153mmYesLater foliationGood: A newspaper strip has been glued onto the back flyleaf163mm x 128mmNote: Blank leaves: 46v and 47r, accidentally skipped by the scribeNoEinar BjarnasonHum cursivaSole
Info: Einar Bjarnason á Starrastöðum
Low
  • Initial: Initials in certain places, large and decorated
  • Initial: Titles moderately to richly decorated
  • Paratext: Plain text lining in yellow at individual places and pencil text box in the Hrólfs saga kraka fragment.
  • Paratext: V-ending
  • Paratext: Line at the end of text
Medium
  • Several comments added to poems in the margin
  • Pieces of Þóris þáttur hasts (1 folio), Hálfs saga og Hálfsrekka (5 folios), Hrólfs saga kraka (1 folio) and a fragment of hátíðabænir (4 folios) are kept with the manuscript (see item 7-10). A typed note on a slip of paper inserted at the back: " Til Landsbókasafns. Meðfylgjandi handrit mun hafa verið í eigu Þuríðar Lange, líklegast úr eigu föður hennar Jóels á Spákonufelli á Skagaströnd. Þór Magnússon. Kom 23/12 '77. "
  • The name of Séra Páll Tómasson á Knappsstöðum í Stíflu can be found on fols. 1r, 24v, 62v, 90v and possibly on the verso side of the front fly leaf.
Moderately decorated (contemporary)
Leather binding with wooden covers, embossed. On a snip of paper at the rear plate, there are the remains of a seal.
1801-1856Iceland
Tómas Pálsson: OwnerPáll Tómasson: OwnerÞuríður Lange: OwnerJakob Jósefsson: OwnerÞór Magnússon: OtherOwners of the manuscript: Tómas Pálsson [perhaps the son of reverend Páll, or at least his descendant, they lived at Skagaströnd (cf. Manuscript Catalogue)]; reverend Páll Tómasson at Knappsstaðir in Stífla (cf. Manuscript Catalogue); Þuríður Lange and Jakob Jósefsson in Árbakka á Skagaströnd (cf. Manuscript Catalogue). Þór Magnússon, director of the National Museum of Iceland, handed the manuscirpt over 23rd December 1977
Last update: 2013-04-12

 

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