Manuscripts:
Lbs 3625 4to
Lbs 3625 4to (1800-1850, Iceland)
Landsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík
ContemporaryNote: The first two leaves containing the title page, a table of contents and the beginning of Þorsteins þáttur bæjarmagns are an addition in the hand of Halldór Guðmundsson1. (2r-9r) Þorsteins þáttur bæjarmagnsIcelandicSaga af Þorsteini bæjarmagnNote: Fol. 1r is a title page, table of contents on fol. 1v2. (9r-24r) Egils saga einhenda og Ásmundar berserkjabanaIcelandicSagan af Eigli einhenta og Ásmundi berserkjabana3. (24r-47r) Hrólfs saga GautrekssonarIcelandicSaga af Hrólfi Gautrekssyni4. (47r-62r) Gautreks sagaIcelandicSkafnatungs þáttur5. (62r-72v) Gunnars saga KeldugnúpsfíflsIcelandicSaga af Gunnari Keldugnúpsfífli6. (72v-83v) Skanderberg saga furstaIcelandicSaga af Schanderberg, þeim nafnfræga fursta í EpíróNote: Incorrectly bound. One folio of the saga is bound with Nikulás saga leikara (fol. 85). Correct order is fol. 81v, 85v, 85r, 83r. Fol. 82, part of Nikulás saga leikara, is upside down.7. (84r-94r) Nikulás saga leikaraSaga af Nikulási leikaraNote: Wrongly bound. One folio of the saga is bound with Skanderberg saga fursta fursta (fol. 82). Correct order is fol. 84v, 82v, 82r, 86r. Fol. 85, part of Skanderberg saga fursta, is upside down.8. (94v-111v) Þjalar-Jóns sagaIcelandicHér hefur upp sögu af Þjalar JóniNote: End missing9. (112r-142r) Úlfars saga sterka (defective)Icelandic Begins: [h]ans góða og guðhrædda föðurNote: Beginning missing10. (142r-159r) IcelandicSaga af Ólöfu dóttur Pippins kóngs af Frakklandi11. (159v-184r) Sturlaugs saga starfsamaIcelandicHér byrjast sagan af Sturlaugi starfsama12. (184r-243r) Göngu-Hrólfs sagaIcelandicNote: Hér hefur Göngu Hrólfs söguNote: End missing13. (243r-243r) Vísa (defective)IcelandicÞessi penni þóknast mérNote: Fol. 243 is glued onto a younger folio on which (243v) there is a poem without a title by a younger scribe.
CodexPaperi, 243, i175mm x 146mmYesContemporary pagination: Traces of old paginationLater paginationGood: Missing back of manuscript as well as material between folios 111-112 and perhaps more.Writing has been pasted over in some places165mm x 135mmNoHalldór GuðmundssonUnknownMinor
Info: Folios 1-2
UnknownUnknownMajor
Moderate
  • Initial: Decorated letters throughout
Medium
  • Folios 1-2 are insertion leaves (in the hand of Halldór Guðmundsson) where folios were missing.
  • According to the table of contents on fol. 1v written by Halldór Guðmundsson í Suðurríki á Mýrum the saga of Nitida fræga should be right before the saga of Þjalar-Jón
  • Fragment of a ríma (Hilmir þjóða hermdi þá ...) on back paste-down leaf.
  • Names on front paste-down leaf: Guðlaugur Magnús JónssonKattarnesi 1877, Ragnheiður Sveinbjörnsdóttir, Vigfús Gestsson.
Plain (contemporary)
1800-1850
Iceland
Guðlaugur Magnús Jónsson: SignatoryRagnheiður Sveinbjörnsdóttir: SignatoryVigfús Gestsson: SignatoryLeo Breiðfjörð: OtherSigurður Bárðarson: OwnerLandsbókasafn Íslands, Reykjavík: OwnerAutographs of possible owners: Guðlaugur Magnús Jónsson , Kattarnesi, 1877, Ragnheiður Sveinbjörnsdóttir, Vigfús Gestsson. Leo Breiðfjörð, son of Sigurður Bárðarson, sent the manuscript to Háskóli Íslands in 1952, later handed to Landsbókasafn.
Last update: 2016-08-02

 

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