Manuscript Detail

Acc. 50

Njáls Saga ; Eastern Iceland, 1770

Language of Text
Icelandic

Contents

1 (2r-278v (pp. 1-278))
Njáls saga
Rubric

„Niaals Sꜷgu Bök“

Incipit

„Mørdur hiet madur og var kalladur Gigja“

Explicit

„Son Brennu-|flosa var kolbeijrn, Er ägiætastur | madur hefur Eirn vered i þeirre ætt “

Colophon

„Skrifud Anno Xti 1770 ä Nijrdra Skälanese | I Vopnafyrde af Jacob Sigurdssijne“

Final Rubric

og lükumm vier hier So | Brennu Niaals | SØGU

Note

The saga is divided into 148 chapters.

Language of Text
Icelandic
Text Class
Sagas of Icelanders
2 (279r (p. 279))
A Poem about Njáll
Rubric

„Lijtelvæg Liooda Vitnan | Yfer Søguna. “

Incipit

„Niaala ber nafn af Niaale“

Explicit

„Haar Ellda bifarz Kaara“

Colophon

„Þad Vitnar JSigurdsSon Med Eigin Hendi“

Language of Text
Icelandic
Text Class
Poetry

Physical Description

Support
Paper. Every other leaf is an additional blank inserted leaf, made of different paper. Watermarks: The coat of arms of Amsterdam (two versions); a Beehive watermark with no text on the plinth; initials "WH"; the text "Zoonen".
No. of leaves
i + 281 + 1 leaves, including the blank inserted leaves. Size of leaves: 193 mm x 152 mm
Foliation

The leaves that contain text are paginated 1-279 while the additional blank leaves are not. Fol. 1-v is blank, 2r-v contains text and is paginated 1-2, 3r-v is blank, 4r-v contains text and is paginated 3-4, etc.

Collation
The paginated leaves have quire signatures from A on f. 2r (and A2 on f. 4r) to Kk3 on f. 278r. There are catchwords on the verso page of each written leaf.
Layout

The text is written in one column with 27-29 lines per page.

Condition

The inserted blank leaf between f. 278 (pp. 277-278) and 279 (p. 279) is missing.

Script

Written by Jakob Sigurðsson. The main text is written in cursive. The headings are in fraktur.

Decoration

Illuminated 15-lines-tall initial "M" on f. 2r.

Smaller 2-lines-tall flourished initials at the beginnings of chapters.

Additions

  • P. 193: Þetta skiedi Anno Xtj. 1010 eru nu sijdann 760 aar.
  • The letter "W" in the margins to denote poetry in the text, for example, pp. 45, 157, 206, 209 etc.

Binding

Fully bound bound in a light brown leather binding.

The spine has six panels, five of them are gilded with a floral motif, one has the embossed title NIALA.

The pastedown is made of marbled paper (red, blue, and white).

History

Origin

Written in Norður-Skálanes in Eastern Iceland, 1770.

Acquisition

The Arnamagnæan Collection in Copenhagen purchased the manuscript in the summer of 2002 in the "Søren Vangsgaards antikvariat".

Additional

Record History

Catalogued on September 12, 2018 by Katarzyna Anna Kapitan.
Surrogates

  • Microfilm, Neg 2017, from May 19, 2011.
  • Microfilm (archive), 1099, from May 24, 2011.
  • Backup, TS 1295, from May 24, 2011.

Bibliography

Author: Springborg, Peter
Title: Grace-notes played for Michael Chesnutt on the occasion of his 60th birthday, Njals saga — 1770
Editor: Louis-Jensen, Jonna, Ragnheiður Mósesdóttir
Scope: p. 4 pp.
Author: Springborg, Peter
Title: A recent addition to the Arnamagnæan Collection, The Arnamagnæan Institute and Dictionary Bulletin
Scope: 24
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