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AM 235 fol.

Lives of Saints ; Iceland, 1390-1410

Contents

1 (1ra:1-12)
Hallvarðs saga
Incipit

var nockurum trufỏstum monnum

Bibliography

Heilagra Manna søgur I, p. 396:17-27

Language of Text
Icelandic
Text Class
2 (1ra:13-2vb)
Jóns saga baptista
Explicit

sagdi biskupi þessa uitron

Bibliography

Postola sögur p. 842-848:33

Text Class
3 (3ra-4vb)
Sebastianus saga
Text Class
3.1 (3ra-vb)
No Title
Incipit

Nicostrato

Explicit

helldr heilagr

Bibliography

Heilagra Manna søgur II, pp. p. 228-231:4

Text Class
3.2 (4ra-vb:9)
No Title
Incipit

Torqvatus het

Bibliography

Heilagra Manna søgur IIp. 232:6-235

Text Class
4 (4vb:9-37)
Agnesar saga
Rubric

Her hefz vpp Ambrosius

Explicit

af hans munní tok ek

Bibliography

Heilagra Manna søgur I p. 15-16:3Ed. 235

Text Class
5 (5ra-6vb:27)
Maríu saga egipzku
Incipit

Enn þeir þagu þenna kost

Bibliography
Text Class
6 (6vb:27-10vb:20)
Magnús saga Eyjajarls
Rubric

Her byriar upp sogu magnus eyia iallz

Text Class
7 (10vb:20-12vb)
Saga Jons biskups
Rubric

Saga Jons biskups

Explicit

Enn heilagi Jon berr upp

Bibliography

Foote, Jóns saga Hólabyskups ens helga 3-15Var.app. S4.

8 (13ra-17va)
Pétrs saga postola
Incipit

klerka sueitar. ok uigdi

Bibliography

Postola sögur p. 181 n. 1 (quoted: 181:28-42, 182:30-41), 197 n. 1 (quoted: 197:19-41), 199 n. 1 (quoted 199:21-42, 200:26-41)Otherwise used as ed. C.

Text Class
9 (17vb-19rb:21)
Margrétar saga
Bibliography

Heilagra manna søgur I p. 474-481

Text Class
10 (19r:21-30ra)
Marthe saga ok Marie Magdalene
Text Class
11 (30rb-36vb:6)
Ólafs saga helga
Rubric

Her byriaz saga | olafs kongs harallz sonar

Bibliography

Heilagra Manna Søgur IIp. 159-182

Text Class
12 (36vb:7-)
Fídesar saga, Spesar ok Karítasar
Bibliography

Heilagra manna søgur I p. Ed. cit. 372:15-23Otherwise used as Ed. C.

Text Class
13 (38va:7-41ra:18)
Lárentíus saga biskups
Rubric

Saga laurentij |erchidiakns

Bibliography
14 (41ra:18-42vb:17)
Maríu saga
Rubric

saga vorrar fru

Text Class
15 (42vb:18-49rb:27)
Ágústínus saga
Rubric

augustinus |saga

Bibliography
Note

With an antecedent prologue

Text Class
16 (49rb:27-52vb:17)
Mauritius saga
Rubric

saga Mauricij

Note

With an antecedent prologue

Text Class
17 (52vb:18-55rb:33)
Díónysíuss saga
Rubric

saga postola pals

Bibliography

Heilagra manna søgur I, p. 312-22 Ed. B

Text Class
18 (55rb:33-56ra)
Flagellatio Crucis
Rubric

flagellacio crucis in b |erytho

Bibliography

Heilagra manna søgur I, p. 308-11 Ed. B

Text Class
19 (56rb-57rb)
Theódórs saga
Rubric

Theodorus saga

Text Class
20 (57va-66va)
Martinus saga biskups
Rubric

Her byriaz vpp marteins |saga

21 (66va-68vb)
Cecilíu saga
Rubric

saga ceciliv meyar

Explicit

enn hiner þottvzt

Bibliography

Heilagra Manna Søgur, p. 279:20-287:1 Otherwise used as ed. B

Text Class

Physical Description

Support

Parchment.

No. of leaves
68. 290 mm x 195 mm
Layout

The manuscript is written in double columns with 37-39 lines per column. Majuscules occur in varying colours. Rubrics in red.

Binding

The manuscript is bound in a modern standard half binding.

Accompanying Material

There are two AM-slips containing lists of contents.

History

Origin

The manuscript is written in Iceland c. 1400.

Provenance

According to the note on f. 7v-8r in Árni Magnússon's catalogue of Icelandic parchment manuscripts, AM 435 a 4to, AM 235 fol. once belonged to the cathedral of Skálhollt: Af Maria Ægyptiacå hinne bersyndugu, nockud lited aptanaf. Magnuss Saga Eyia Jarls: Jons Saga Hola biskups. vantar mikid aptan vid. Petrs Saga postula, vantar framan vid. Margretu meyar Saga. af Martha og Magdalena. Miracula nonnulla S. Olavi, ex illius vita desumta. af Fides Spe og Charitate. S. Laurentii Pislarvottz Saga. Mariu meyiar Saga, stutt. Augustini Saga (eins og su sem stendr i næst fyrirfraranda codice). Mauritii Saga. Pals Saga postula, stutt. Flagellatio crucis in Brytho. S Theodori Saga. Martini Saga Turonensis. Ceciliu meyiar Saga, vantar vid endann. Þar inne er og de Tiburtio et Valeriano. Bokin er i litlu folio, bandlauss. hefur fyrrum vered eign Skalholltz kirkiu, ut puto.

A note on the bottom margin of f. 3v from the sixteenth century, most probably a pen-trial written at Skálholt, says: Veʀ broder avgmvnd med gvsd gvds nad | byskup i skalhollte giorvm godvm munnvm kvnigt. Bishop Ögmundur Pálsson, former abbey of Viðey (since 1515), was elected bishop of Skálholt 1519.

A note on f. 64v furthermore tells that the codex belonged to the Bishop of Skálholt, Brynjólfur Sveinsson: mier er sagt ad Brinjolfur Biskub eigi þessa bok en ecki JTS a T st (Jón Torfason, priest of Torfastaðir from 1646 to 1656)

An other note on f. 68r, written in a coarse hand, says: sier ion a þessv skrædv.

According to Kristian Kålund, ff. 1-4 are fragments from another manuscript, Agnete Loth, however, denies this ( Loth 1975 p. 116).
Acquisition

At the bottom margin of f. 3r Árni Magnússon wrote: fra Sr Þorleife Arnasyne ä Kalfafelle 1711 . Þorleifur Árnason was a scribe of bishop Brynjólfur Sveinsson's, later to be priest at Kálfafell in Fljótshverfi (1659-1707).

Additional

Record History

Catalogued May 12, 2000 by EW-J.

Custodial History

Photographs of ff. 17v-19r was lend to Landsbókasafn Íslands for the use of Peter Rasmussen 27.02.1968-19.03.1969.

The manuscript was lend to Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi for the use of Peter Foote in 1990.

Surrogates

  • Microfilm (master), Neg. 739, s.d. (supplementary photographs).
  • Microfilm (archive), Pos. 682, s.d. (supplementary photographs).
  • Plate, plade 42, s.d.
  • Diapositives from May 1984.
  • Black and white prints from July 1961.

Bibliography

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