Manuscript Detail

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AM 38 fol.

Noregs konunga sǫgur ; Norway, 1690-1697

Full Title

Noregs konunga sogr Snorʀa Sturlusonar

Noregs konunga sǫgur

Rubric

„Konunga sogr ero her ritaðar“

Filiation

Copy of Jöfraskinna which was lost during the Copenhagen fire of 1728. Lacuna were filled in from two other manuscripts. The scribe wrote the details about the relation of this copy and the source texts in the margins.

Colophon

„ Þessi bok var confererut (þo obiter) vid þær Membranas, Jofraskinnu, Kringlu og Guliskin n u sem hun er efftershrifud Anno 1698 “

Language of Text

Icelandic

Text Class

Kings' sagas

Physical Description

Support

Paper.

No. of leaves

386. 313 mm x 200 mm

Foliation

Contemporary pagination 1-774 starting at f. 2. Folation 1-386 by Kålund on the recto-pages.

Condition

This volume is in bad condition. The leaves, especially at the beginning of the codex, are stained and fragile due to exposure to humidity.

Script

Written by Ásgeir Jónsson.

Additions

Marginalia concerning the transcripts relation to the source texts by Ásgeir Jónsson.

Occasional variants added by other hands and a few marginalia by Torfæus and Árni Magnússon.

Binding

Binding of calfskin with gilt, embossed motifs in the panels of the spine. Size of binding: 399 mm x 218 mm x 77 mm

History

Origin

The manuscript is most likely written in the period ca 1690-1697 while Ásgeir Jónsson was employed by Torfæus in Stangeland, Norway

(see Már Jónsson (2009)).

Bibliography

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Author: Már Jónsson
Title: Skrifarinn Ásgeir Jónsson frá Gullberaströnd í Lundarreykjadal, Heimtur: Ritgerðir til heiðurs Gunnari Karlssyni sjötugum
Editor: Guðmundur Jónsson, Helgi Skúli Kjartansson, Vésteinn Ólason
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