| Description | Manuscript comprising four items, 1751-1753, all copies of editions printed at Skalholte in 1688:
(1) 'Landnmabk. Sagann Landnama'. 63 pages, including a preface and index, and ornamented title-page, initials, chapter headings and end pieces
(2) 'Kristni Saga' (Christendom's saga). 21 pages, including an index and preface, and ornamented title-page and initials
(3) Thorgilborn Ari, 'Schedae Ara Prestz frode Um Island'. 19 pages, including an index, and ornamented title-page and initials
(4) Arrgimus Jonsson, 'Gronlandia edus Graenldz saga'. 37 pages, including ornamented title-page, initials and headings, and one illustration.
Lettered on a label on the spine: 'Islandske sagann'. |
| AdminHistory | Landnmabk (also called Landnma), the Book of the Settlement: a unique Icelandic genealogical record, probably originally compiled in the early 12th century by Ari Thorgilsson the Learned, although it exists in several later versions. It lists the names of 400 original settlers of Iceland, their Norwegian origins, their descendants, and describes their landholdings with great topographical accuracy. Occasionally, anecdotes of marriages or feuds, or character sketches, are interspersed with the lists of names. The Landnmabk served as the source for many Icelandic sagas. |
| CustodialHistory | Bookplate of the Moccatta Library. |