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kinds of registers. since quite a number of the manuscripts are defective
at the beginning and/or end, it is likely that more manuscripts initially
included tables of contents.
In sum, many of the material characteristics discussed in this section
vary more than the text of the hymn itself. the different composition of
the rubrics could derive from cross contamination, but there is good reason
to believe that oral transmission or common knowledge could be a factor
in the transmission of a hymn. Rubrics and page design reveal the scribe’s
authority within the writing process. furthermore, the evaluation of the
tables of contents is evidence of the later reworking of the manuscripts at
Landsbókasafn.
6. the academic manuscript Lbs 238 b 8vo
From the analysis and discussion in the previous paragraphs, it becomes ap-
parent that one manuscript stands out: the so-called “academic” manuscript
or Lbs 238 b 8vo, thought to have been written around 1860, most likely
in Reykjavík. It contains 117 leaves and is in one hand, that of Páll Pálsson
“stúdent.” the manuscript bears the title “Sálmasafn eftir síra Hallgrím
Pétursson.” the hymn Hljómi raustin barna best in this manuscript is the
longer version of 16 stanzas, found on pp. 29–34. It bears the title “Sálmur.
r eptir salmasafni jóns Arnasonar 8vo nr. II. r samanborið við Lambastaða
bok. | ´I Sálmareykelse eignaður síra Hallgrími Péturssyni somuleiðis af
síra vigfúsi jónssyni í æfi hans` | Med sinum egin tón:” [Psalm following
the Hymn collection by Jón Árnason. Compared with Lambastaðabók.
Attributed to the rev. Hallgrímur Pétursson in Sálmareykelse [i.e. ÍB 380
8vo], likewise to Vigfúss Jónsson in his biography. With its own tune].
What distinguishes this manuscript from the others is that the scribe
has noted variant readings (see plate 3). there are numbered footnotes
or glosses (or both) on every page of the hymn. In this respect, Hljómi
raustin barna best is no exception, as such footnotes and glosses appear
view/Lbs08-0194, and http://handrit.is/is/manuscript/view/JS08-0439 (accessed April
1, 2014). All other tripartite registers are similar to this one and have been added later to
the manuscripts. Páll wrote Lbs 238 b 8vo in the 1860s and worked as a bookbinder in
Landsbókasafn around 1850–1870; see Páll’s biographical entry on Handrit.is, http://
handrit.is/is/biography/view/PalPal003 (accessed April 12, 2014). tellingly, his own
manuscript, Lbs 238 b 8vo, does not contain a table of contents.