Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series B - 01.10.1968, Síða 74

LXXII
Lbs 1209.8vo (C4). As can be seen from the farm-
names quoted below, this MS derives from Rangár-
vellir. Dr. Jón Þorkelsson, who owned the MS until
it came to Landsbókasafn in 1904, has added three
leaves on which he gives some information about
scribes etc. (see Skrá II p. 233). His notes include
the following: “Galtarholtskver. Skrifað 1837 og 1853
af Nikulási Jónssyni í Fróðholtshól og Jóni Guð-
mundssyni í Blábringu”. The MS now begins with
p. 3, for the first leaf has been lost. The first scribe,
who, according to the information given above,
must be Nikulás Jónsson, has written pp. 3-153.
The rest of the MS is in other hands. Jón Þorkelsson
gives the following information about the MS:
“Þessi bók var í Galtarholti á Rangárvöllum 1869,
þegar séra Isleifur Gíslason gerði Skýrslu um bækur
samdar af Islendingum fyrir árið 1816 í Oddapresta-
kalli í Rangárvallasýslu, og undirskrifuð er í Odda
14 Maí 1869 af Á(smundi) Jónssyni. Lýsir séra
Isleifur þá bókinni svo”. There follows Isleifur’s
list of contents, which concludes with the note:
“Skrifuð af Nikulasi sál. í Fróðholtshól”. This can-
not apply to the whole of the MS, however,
for the two sagas which occupy pp. 153-211 both
conclude with the initials JGS, which must stand
for Jón Guðmundsson. Jón Þorkelsson must himself
have been in contact with Jón Guðmundsson, for
he continues, “Bókina fékk eg 20/3 1900 frá Jóni
Guðmundssyni í Blábringu og var bókin þá enn í
Galtarholti”. On the last page of the MS stand the
names Guðmundur Pálsson á Galtarholti and Jón
Guðmundsson í Blábringu, Rangárvöllum.
Leg. occupies pp. 117-43. The title on p. 117
“Æfisaga Adams og vidbótúr annálum”, also embra-
ces some miscellaneous items which are found on pp.
144-53: