Manuscript Detail

AM 240 II fol.

Maríu saga ; Iceland, 1290-1310

Contents

1 (1r-3v)
Maríu saga
Language of Text
Old Norse
Text Class
Saint's sagas
1.1 (1r-v)
No Title
Incipit

„ ok allt þat “

Explicit

„allvm skærleik “

Bibliography

Maríu saga p. 393:18-398:18

1.2 (2r-v)
No Title
Incipit

„at flytia hana“

Explicit

„er framan liggr j halsinum“

Bibliography

Maríu saga, p. 633:16-636:19 Used as e2 and is used as basis for the text as long as the leaf is legible, i.e. to p. 634:21 in the edition.

1.3 (3)
No Title
Incipit

„Ok hlioðaði nv þegar mikit lof“

Explicit

„tveir krypplingar liggiandi i “

Physical Description

Support

Parchment.

No. of leaves
3. 310 mm x 230 mm
Layout

Written in double columns with 40 lines to the column. Rubrics and majuscules in red ink.

Condition

The outer column is defect because of cutting of the outer column. The inner column of f. 3 is cut away and the leaf is also damaged in other ways.

Binding

Bound in a blue cardboard cover from 1967.

History

Origin

Written in Iceland c. 1300.

Additional

Record History

Catalogued 06-07-2000 by EW-J. Parsed 06-07-2000.
Custodial History

During the conservation 01-02-1967 to 26-04-1967 the manuscript was put on meeting guards and put in a blue cardboard cover.

The manuscript was prepared for photographing 24-10-1964 to 04-11-1964.
Surrogates

  • 70mm, 70mm27, from 1964.
  • Black and white prints from January 1965.

Bibliography

Author: Seip, Didrik Arup
Title: Palæografi. B. Norge og Island, Nordisk kultur
Scope: 28:B
Title: Katalog over Den Arnamagnæanske Håndskriftsamling
Editor: Kålund, Kristian
Title: Maríu saga: Legender om Jomfru Maria og hendes Jertegn
Editor: Unger, C. R.
Author: Wolf, Kirsten
Title: The legends of the saints in Old Norse-Icelandic prose
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