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Völsunga saga in Latin translation; Iceland, 1600-1687

Name
Torfi Jónsson 
Birth
09 October 1617 
Death
20 July 1689 
Occupation
Priest 
Roles
Scribe; Translator 
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Name
Sveinn Jónsson 
Birth
26 November 1603 
Death
13 January 1687 
Occupation
Prestur 
Roles
Undetermined 
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LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DOUBLE ACUTELATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DOUBLE ACUTE

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Name
Brynjólfur Sveinsson 
Birth
14 September 1605 
Death
05 August 1675 
Occupation
Bishop 
Roles
Scholar; Owner 
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Name
Árni Magnússon 
Birth
13 November 1663 
Death
07 January 1730 
Occupation
Professor, Arkivsekretær (Secretary of the Royal Archives) 
Roles
Scholar 
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Name
Hufnagel, Silvia Veronika 
Occupation
 
Roles
Scholar; student 
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Contents

1(1r-21r)
Völsunga saga
Rubric

“IN RAGNARI LODBROCI | Historiam paraphrasis”

Incipit

“Codex ἀχέφαλος erat | Revertens autem sub vesperam domum”

Explicit

“velorum in primis accurata spesiosave pictura”

Filiation

Translation of NKS 1824 4to

Note

ends in chapter 17

Language of Text

Latin

2(24r-25v)
Völsunga saga
Note

chapters 8 to 10

Language of Text

Latin

Physical Description

Support

Paper.

No. of leaves
25. Fols 8v-9r and 21v-23v are blank. 332 mm x 208 mm.
Foliation

Foliated in bottom margins.

Layout

Written in one column throughout. 31 to 37 lines (fols 1-21) and 47 to 49 lines (fols 24-25) per page.

Script

Torfi Jónsson from Gaulverjabær wrote fols 1-21.

Sveinn Jónsson from Barð wrote fols 24-25.

Accompanying Material

AM-slip a) in the beginning of the manuscript reads: “Versionem Latinam Ragnars-| Sogu, sem eg hefi med hende | Sr Torfa Jonssonar i Gaulver-|ibæ, corrigerada af Mag. | Bryniolfi. seger Sr Jon Torfa-|son fodur sinn giort i Skal-|hollte, þa hann var ut Skola-|vetrenum adr enn hann (Torfe) | siglde um sumared epter, | idqve Jubente Bryniolfo. | Eg feck þesse blod i Gaul-|veriabæ 1704. | Sr Torfe deponerade in Decem-|bri 1642. | Ergo er versionem giord um | veturenn 1641-42. a audru | are Mag. Bryniolfs.”

AM-slip b) between fols 23 and 24 reads: “Mun ei þetta kunna | ad vera Sr Jsleifs | uppkast, Munde hann | ei vertera Ragnars-| Sogu, α þä hann var hiä | Jone Eggertssyne. | α] Non: Ecki finn eg | þad neinstadar, og ei | hefur hann sialfur skrif-|ad mier þad til, enn hann | þö nefnt adrar sogur | er hann snere. þetta er og, ad vïsu, | ecki hond Sr Js-|leifs. | þad er hond Sr Sveins | a Barde.”

History

Origin

Written in Iceland. According to AM-slip a), the first translation of Völsunga saga was made in the winter 1641-42 by Torfi Jónsson, later priest of Gaulvejarbær, commissioned by bishop Brynjólfur Sveinsson. The second translation must have been made before 1687.

Acquisition

According to AM-slip a), Árni Magnússon got the manuscript in 1704.

Additional

Record History

Catalogued 27 May 2008 by Silvia Hufnagel.

Bibliography

AuthorTitleEditorScope
Katalog over Den Arnamagnæanske Håndskriftsamlinged. Kristian KålundI: p. 7-8
Vǫlsunga saga ok Ragnars saga loðbrókar, STUAGNLed. Magnus Olsen1906-1908; XXXVI