Manuscript Detail

Paper with watermark.

• I: fols. 1-13 (1+13, 3+12, 4+11, 5+10, 6+9, 7+8) [The AM-slip, foliated as fol. 2, is stuck in.]
• II: fols. 14-25 (14+25, 15+24, 16+23, 17+22, 18+21, 19+20)
• III: fols. 26-37 (26+37, 27+36, 28+35, 29+34, 30+33, 31+32)
• IV: fols. 38-47 (38+47, 39+46, 40+45, 41+44, 42+43)

• The text is written in one or two columns with 31-35 lines per page and 7-8 words per line.
• The written area measures ca. 240 mm x 125 mm.
• Most of fol. 47r and all of fol. 47v are blank.

The fore edge of the leaves is untrimmed.

There are a couple of stains on the paper, mostly in the margins.

The ink has bled through the paper.

Written by Ásgeir Jónsson.

The initials are only slightly larger than the main text (1-2 lines) and are not decorated.

There are a couple of marginal notes in Torfæus's hand. On fol. 1v, there is a note in the hand of the scribe about the suggested author of the anonymous text. Even though the note is in the hand of Ásgeir Jónsson, the suggestion possibly originates from Torfæus.

An AM-slip (150 mm x 100 mm) is glued onto fol. 3r (and counted as fol. 2). Árni Magnússon wrote on it: fra Sal. Assessor Thormod Toruesens Enke 1720.

The manuscript was probably written in Norway in 1701 (cf. the colophon).

The whole manuscript, of which this was a part, was given to Árni Magnússon in 1720 by Torfæus's widow. Þormóður Torfæus probably commissioned the manuscript, since it was written by his scribe Ásgeir Jónsson.

• Latest microfilm pictures from 1998.
• A4 pictures (90%) from 2001.