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THE LIBRARY AT BRÆÐRATUNGA 263
ern Iceland, it is notable that Ingibjörg and Árni’s eldest daughter, a girl
born in 1697, was given the name Helga. There was no Helga in Árni’s
family, nor was there a Helga among Magnús Jónsson’s paternal ancestors.
Certainly, providing support for illegitimate children would be in keep-
ing with Helga’s behaviour towards her pregnant and unmarried cousin
Ragnheiður Brynjólfsdóttir and Ragnheiður’s infant (see above).
?ÍB 315 a 4to
ÍB 315 a 4to preserves two codicological units that once formed separate
books of correspondence and notes on legal judgments (i.e., bréfa- og dóma-
bækur). The first dates from 1670–1680. The latter section has been dated
to c. 1640–1650, and the hand is probably Hákon Gíslason’s. If these were
Hákon Gíslason’s personal notes made in connection with his administra-
tive position, they presumably would have remained at least temporarily
with his family at Bræðratunga after his death; further study would be
valuable.
?AM 115 fol.
This copy of Sturlunga saga is closely related to AM 114 fol. (see above)
and is in the hand of Jón Erlendsson of Villingaholt. Brynjólfur Sveinsson
initially owned the manuscript, but it became the property of Hákon
Gíslason’s niece, Þorbjörg Vigfúsdóttir (d. 1698), according to a marginal
ownership inscription on f. 339v. She had married the steward of Skálholt,
Gísli Sigurðsson (1638–1666), in 1664, but he died not long after their
marriage, and their only child, Vigfús, also died young. Her nephew
Þórður Jónsson (1672–1720) gave the manuscript to Þormóður Torfason,
who gifted it to Árni Magnússon in 1712. It is unclear whether Brynjólfur
or Helga gave the manuscript to Þorbjörg.
?Hyndlu rímur
In a note accompanying AM 146 b I 8vo, Árni Magnússon notes that he
had received a worthless copy of Steinunn Finnsdóttir’s Hyndlu rímur
from Þórdís Jónsdóttir. Steinunn Finnsdóttir (about 1640 – after 1710)
was a rímur poetess active in South Iceland in the second half of the seven-
teenth century. She had been a servant at Skálholt in 1657–1662, prior
to her marriage to Þorbjörn Eiríksson (their only known child, Guðrún