Manuscript Detail

AM 20 b I fol.

Knýtlinga saga ; Iceland, 1290-1310

Note
While there are differences between fols 3, 8, 9 and the remaining fragments, these fragments must all have belonged to the same manuscript of which a fragment of six leaves is preserved in AM 1 e β I fol, bearing the title Sögubrot af nokkrum fornkonugum. The whole codex undoubtedly constituted a Skjöldunga saga-manuscript.

Contents

1 (1r-9v)
Knýtlinga saga
Language of Text
Old Norse
Text Class
Kings' sagas
1.1 (1r:1-2v:30)
No Title
Incipit

„danna a englandi“

Explicit

„en meðan haraldr hein hafði konungr verit yfir danmork“

Bibliography

Fornmanna sögur XI p. 215-226.

Text Class
Kings' sagas
1.2 (3r:1-7v:30)
No Title
Incipit

„leita vndan er þat likar“

Explicit

„satta rof þat er bvðlungr atti“

Bibliography

Fornmanna sögur XI p. 277-303

Text Class
Kings' sagas
1.3 (8r:1-8v:30 )
No Title
Incipit

„ zlu spurðu þetta“

Explicit

„ vikv allir þessu til“

Bibliography

Fornmanna sögur XI p. 303-308

Text Class
Kings' sagas
1.4 (9r:1-9v:30)
No Title
Incipit

„ veita fyrir verðleik þessa ins heilaga manns “

Explicit

„hanum let til her“

Bibliography

Fornmanna sögur XI p. 308-313

Antiquités Russes II p. 128

Text Class
Kings' sagas

Physical Description

Support

Parchment

No. of leaves
i + 9 + i. 245 mm x 177 mm
Foliation

Kristian Kålund foliated the manuscript in red ink by in the upper right-hand corners.

Collation

Two quires are still extant:

  • I: fols 1 and 2 form a conjoint leaf.
  • II: fols. 3-9: 7 leaves, of which fols 4-7 is a quire consisting of 4 leaves, fols 3 and 8 form a conjoint leaf and fol. 9 is a singleton.

Layout

Written in one column with 30 lines per page.

Condition

The manuscript consists of three fragmentary parts. Fol. 3 is very worn and dark and also partly damaged. Only a thin strip along the spine is extant of fol. 8 and the first lines of fol 9 are missing.

Decoration

Red majuscules and rubrics.

Binding

Bound in a parchment binding in 1935 by Carl Lund. The shelfmark and the running title are gilt tooled on the upper board.

Accompanying Material

There are four slips attached to the paste-down and first fly-leaf.

  • Þesse 2. bld ur Knytlinga Sgu hefi ek fengit fra Sr Halldore Torfasyne i Bæ.
  • Þetta hefur til forna vered vid Skalhollts kirkiu. lau medal Scalhollts boka er Mag. Þordur liedi mier.

History

Origin

Written in Iceland c. 1300.

Provenance

Fols 1-2 belonged to Halldór Torfason while fols 3-9 belonged to Skálholt Cathedral.

Acquisition

Arne Magnusson borrowed the volume from the bishop of Skálholt, Þórður Þorláksson (Thorlacius).

Additional

Record History

Catalogued September 09, 1999 by EW-J

Custodial History

Re-bound by Carl Lund in March 1935.

July 1962: The text block was taken away from the case before photograpy, then it was recased in the Carl Lund-binding and given new fly-leaves.

Lent to Bjarni Guðnason in Reykjavík in 1962.
Surrogates

The manuscript was photographed in 1962. The following copies are kept at The Arnamagnæan Collection:

  • 70 mm, 21.
  • Black and white prints.

Bibliography

Title: Antiquités Russes
Editor: Rafn, C. C.
Title: Corpvs Poeticvm Boreale: The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue, from the Earliest Times to the Thirteenth Century
Editor: Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Powell, F. York
Title: Jómsvíkíngasaga ok Knýtlingasaga með tilheyrandi þáttum, Fornmanna sögur
Scope: IX
Title: Sǫgur Danakonunga. 1. Sǫgubrot af fornkonungum. 2. Knytlinga saga, STUAGNL
Editor: Olson, Emil, Petersens, Carl
Scope: XLVI
Title: Sturlunga saga Including the Islendinga Saga of Lawman Sturla Thordsson and other Works
Editor: Guðbrandur Vígfússon
Scope: I
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