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AM 303 4to

Fagrskinna ; Norway, 1688-1705

(1r-215v)

Fagrskinna

Filiation

AM 52 fol., AM 301 4to and AM 303 4to are all copies of the A-version of Fagrskinna, a codex which was destroyed in the fire of Copenhagen in 1728.

Colophon

„Anno 1698 er þessi boc samanleſen wid Membranam sem hun er efftershrifut og compendium Chronicorum edur Fagrskinna kallaſt“

Language of Text

Icelandic

Text Class

Kings' sagas

Physical Description

Support

Paper.

No. of leaves

215. 217 mm x 175 mm

Script

Written by Ásgeir Jónsson.

Additions

Several marginala in Torfæus' hand.

Accompanying Material

There are two AM-slips. The first, written by one of Árni Magnússon's scribes, reads: Fra Sal. Aſeſor Thormod Toruefens Enke 1720 .

The second, in Árni's hand, reads: Þetta er Copia af Kalfſkinnsbok ſem Þormodur Torfaſon i Scriptis ſinum kallar Fagrſkinnu ſeu Compendium Chronicorum. Kalfſkinnsbokin heyrir til Biblothecæ Academicæ Hafnienſi. Ejusdem generis liber annar er og in Bibliotheca Univerſitatis ſub titulo Noregs konunga tal. Være ömaks vert ad conferera peſſa bada til ſamans, og gira ur þeim eina edition. Þvi bader þeſſer codices eru eitt ſlags, þott vida differere, og annar ſie fyllri enn annar.

History

Origin

Norway, 1688-1705 (cf. Loth 1960 211 ).

Bibliography

Author: Loth, Agnethe
Title: , Om nogle af Ásgeir Jónssons håndskrifter
Scope: p. 207-212

Author: Finlay, Alison
Title: Fagrskinna, a catalogue of the Kings of Norway: A Translation with Introduction and Notes

Title: Antiquités Russes
Editor: Rafn, C. C.

Title: Fagrskinna. Kortfattet Norsk Konge-saga
Editor: Munch, P. A., Unger, C. R.

Title: Safn til sögu Íslands og Íslenzkra bókmenta að fornu og nýju
Editor: Jón Þorkelsson
Scope: I

Title: Katalog over Den Arnamagnæanske Håndskriftsamling
Editor: Kålund, Kristian