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(1676–1715), an important correction to our knowledge of Lbs 1422 8vo and
íB 380 8vo.101 Furthermore, it has also been suggested that Lbs 1422 8vo
was owned by Helga Jónsdóttir from Vatnsfjörður, because the initials HJD
are written on its cover. Þórunn further notes that this manuscript is closely
related to ÍB 380 8vo, because both begin with the same hymns and variants
show that they were probably copied from the same exemplar. given that gísli
jónsson had a sister named Helga, Þórunn suggests that it is more likely that
this is her manuscript rather than that of her namesake from vatnsfjörður.
guðrún Ingólfsdóttir, however, proposes that Lbs 1422 8vo could have been
written by Helga Jónsdóttir herself.102 Both manuscripts were written at about
the same time: ÍB 380 8vo in ca. 1700 and Lbs 1422 8vo in ca. 1701.
JS 138 8vo, West Fjords
JS 138 8vo is written ca. 1740–1750 in the hand of Ásgeir Bjarnason (1703–
1772), priest in Dýrafjörður.103 the names of two of its owners are written on
f. 218v: Þórdís Jónsdóttir and Margrét Sigurðardóttir. Þórdís was the grand-
daughter of Ásgeir and was married to Sigurður Jónsson from Hrafnseyri.
their daughter Margrét owned the book until it came into the possession of
her brother jón.
Lbs 1568 8vo, origin unknown
Little is known about Lbs 1568 8vo apart from the fact that it can be dated to
1689. According to Skrá Landsbókasafns, this manuscript is in the hand of jón
Þorláksson (1643–1712) from Berunes.104 On the front board the name of a
likely owner is just visible: “Jón Þorgrimsson a liber me rekte. El[…] BD […]
onsdotter [þe]tta kuer.”
JS 439 8vo, EDL 8vo, Lbs 506 8vo, Lbs 1530 8vo, Lbs 1536 8vo, origin unknown
of EDL 8vo, JS 439 8vo, Lbs 506 8vo, Lbs 1530 8vo and Lbs 1536 8vo, very
little is known except that they were all copied in the eighteenth century.
Lbs 506 8vo was written in one hand around 1750 and was once in the pos-
session of Eggert Briem Ólafsson (1840–1893), whose library was purchased
by Landsbókasafn in 1893.
101 Þórunn Sigurðardóttir, “Constructing Cultural Competence.” See also Hallgrímur Péturs-
son, Ljóðmæli 3, eds. Margrét Eggertsdóttir, Kristján Eiríksson and Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir,
ritsafn Hallgríms Péturssonar, vol. 1.3, Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi, rit, vol. 64
(reykjavík: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi, 2005), 281–282.
102 Guðrún Ingólfsdóttir, “Í hverri bók er mannsandi.” Handritasyrpur – bókmenning, þekking og
sjálfsmynd karla og kvenna á 18. öld (reykjavík: Háskólaútgafan, 2011), 335.
103 Páll eggert ólason, Skrá um handritasöfn, 2:647.
104 Páll eggert ólason, Skrá um handritasöfn, 2:308.