Vatnshyrna

Vatnshyrna was a major Icelandic saga codex destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1728.^[1] It was copied between 1391 and 1395 by Magnús Þórhallsson for Jón Hákonarson in northern Iceland.^[1] The codex was first called Vatnshyrna by Arngrímur Jónsson in his 1609 work, Crymogaea, possibly because it was located at that time at Stóra Vatnshorn.^[1]

Arngrímur refers to the codex containing the texts of Kjalnesinga saga, Þórðar saga hreðu, and Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss.^[1] A large part of the manuscript subsequently became part of Peder Resen's manuscript collection, and in 1675 this portion of the codex passed to Copenhagen University Library.^[1] At this point, the manuscript contained the following texts:^[1]

Although destroyed in the fire, copies of all these texts, apart from Króka-Refs saga, had been made by Árni Magnússon and Ásgeir Jónsson.^[1] Margaret Clunies Ross has suggested that the manuscript's contents represent the compiler's "taste for the marvellous and the supernatural".^[2]

A related codex, Pseudo-Vatnshyrna, which was compiled in the same area and at the same time (c. 1390) as Vatnshyrna survives as fragments in AM 445b 4to, AM 445c 4to and AM 564a 4to.^[3] It contained at least the following texts:^[3]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g McKinnell, John (1993). "Vatnshyrna". In Pulsiano, Phillip; Wolf, Kirsten (eds.). Medieval Scandinavia: An encyclopedia. New York: Garland. p. 689. ISBN 0824047877.
^ Clunies Ross, Margaret (2010). The Cambridge introduction to the Old Norse-Icelandic saga. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 145. ISBN 9780521735209.
^ ^a ^b McKinnell, John (1993). "Vatnshyrna". In Pulsiano, Phillip; Wolf, Kirsten (eds.). Medieval Scandinavia: An encyclopedia. New York: Garland. p. 690. ISBN 0824047877.

External links[edit]

"The Saga Heritage: Árni Magnússon and the Collecting of Icelandic Manuscripts". web.uvic.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-01-18. Retrieved 2015-06-14.

[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g McKinnell, John (1993). "Vatnshyrna". In Pulsiano, Phillip; Wolf, Kirsten (eds.). Medieval Scandinavia: An encyclopedia. New York: Garland. p. 689. ISBN 0824047877.

[2] Clunies Ross, Margaret (2010). The Cambridge introduction to the Old Norse-Icelandic saga. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 145. ISBN 9780521735209.

[:1-3] McKinnell, John (1993). "Vatnshyrna". In Pulsiano, Phillip; Wolf, Kirsten (eds.). Medieval Scandinavia: An encyclopedia. New York: Garland. p. 690. ISBN 0824047877.

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