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Lbs 1530 8vo was written around 1780 in a hand that resembles that of Jón
egilsson from stóra-vatnshorn.105 there are a large number of signatures of
previous owners throughout the manuscript: f. 184v reads “Þessarar bókar
riettur eygandi Stephan Vigfusson Samkomugerdi” while the rear flyleaf f. rf
1r reads “Eg undir skrifadur Vigfus Vigfusarson á þessa bok.” this manuscript
includes musical notation.
Lbs 1536 8vo was written in one hand by an unknown scribe in the eight-
eenth century. On the manuscript’s accompanying material, some personal
names are just about recognizable, although it is unclear what their connection
with the manuscript is. the manuscript also contains musical notation.
JS 439 8vo is written in several hands and contains some hymns by
Benedikt Magnússon Bech (1674–1719), sýslumaður,106 which are dated
“Anno 1712” (f. 98r). A leaf is inserted between f. 47 and f. 48 in the hand of
Páll Pálsson.
EDL 8vo is a collection of hymns preserved at the Elizabeth Dafoe Library,
university of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. It was written in the eighteenth
century and consists of two parts, which we refer to as EDL a and EDL b.
the first 98 numbered leaves written in one hand appear to be from the early
eighteenth century. the second part consists of 68 leaves and is written in
other hands. the manuscript includes a substantial number of psalms written
by or ascribed to Hallgrímur Pétursson and Stefán Ólafsson. It contains two
copies of the Christmas hymn.
ÍBR 104 8vo, JS 272 II 4to, JS 509 8vo and LBS 194 8vo, origin unknown
of ÍBr 104 8vo, JS 272 II 4to, JS 509 8vo and LBS 194 8vo, very little is
known except that they were all copied in the latter half of the eighteenth
century. Lbs 194 8vo is written in many hands. on page 33 (f. 17r) the chap-
ter heading reads: “nockur bænar ord af þeim 91 psälme Davids samann
tekenn af sr. HPs og efter hans eigenhandar skrife aftur uppskrifud Anno
1783 af SMs.” on f. 114v, a possible owner has written: “Þessa bok a Sofia
gudmundsdottur […] Sofija gudmundsdottur a þesa psalma med riéttu.”
there are several notes (front flyleaf 2v–5v) and additions to the manuscript
(between 18v and 19r, and on leaves 19r–22v) in the hand of Páll Pálson.
other accompanying material is a leaf containing “Sálmur um enduruppreisn
Magisters Björns Þorleifssonar superintendents á Hólum á Hólaprentverki,”
by Magnús Illugason from Húsavík, printed in Hólar 1703 and written there
by jón jónsson Borgfirðingur.
105 Margrét Eggertsdóttir, “Hljómi raustin barna best,” 170.
106 Páll eggert ólason, Íslenzkar æviskrár, 1:117–118.
An ICELAnDIC CHrIStMAS HYMn