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AM 72 fol.

Ólafs saga helga ; Norway, 1688-1699

Contents

1
Ólafs saga helga
Rubric

„Her hefr ſogu Olafs konungs Ha|rallz ſunar“

Filiation

According to the index a copy of Tómasskinna (GKS 1008 fol.)

Language of Text
Icelandic
Text Class
Kings' sagas
2
Geisli
Author

Einarr Skúlason

Rubric

„Geiſli er Einaʀ Skulaſon qvat um | Olaf Haralds ſon “

Filiation

According to the index a copy of Flateyarbók (GKS 1005 fol.).

Text Class
Poetry

Physical Description

Support

Paper.

No. of leaves
252. 318 mm x 203 mm
Foliation

Paginated 1-487, starting on fol. 2.

Foliated 1-252 in red ink in the uppper right-hand corners of the rectos. The first flyleaf is foliated 1. The last flyleaf is blank and not foliated.

Script

Written by Ásgeir Jónsson.

Additions
A single correction by Árni Magnússon can be seen.
Binding

The manuscript is fully bound in a parchment binding with laced-in single endband supports in the outer fold: 322 mm x 214 mm x 69 mm. Árni Magnússon added the title on the spine with ink.
Accompanying Material
An AM-slip is pasted to fol. 1.

History

Origin
Written in Norway at the end of the seventeenth century (c. 1688-1699).
Acquisition
According to information on the AM-slip Árni Magnússon acquired the manuscript from Þormóður Torfason's widow in 1720: Fra Sal. Aſſeſſor Thormod Torueſens Enke 1720.

Bibliography

Author: Jørgensen, Jon Gunnar
Title: , The lost vellum Kringla
Scope: XLV
Title: Katalog over Den Arnamagnæanske Håndskriftsamling
Editor: Kålund, Kristian
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