Manuscripts:
AM 283 4to
AM 283 4to (1600-1699, Iceland)
Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen
1. (1r-40v) Hrólfs saga krakaIcelandicFröða þätturMadur hiet Halfdan enn annar FrödeNote: Collated with AM 9 fol. (cf. Kålund, Katalog I:536).
CodexPaperii, 40, iNote: One blank modern flyleaf at the front and back of the volume.208mm x 170mmCircular design.Later foliation: Foliated in red ink in the upper right hand corner by Kålund.Good160mm x 125mmUnknownChancerySole
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Medium
  • Several variant readings and emendations present within the text and margins.
  • Note in the hand of AM on front flyleaf reads: "Þetta exemplar er nu samhlioda vid exemplar er ritad hefur Sera Jon Erlendzson i Villingahollte, og mier liede syslumadurenn Jon Þorlaksson. var in folio".
Plain (later)
Bound in modern (late-19th century) marbled boards. Prior to rebinding, the volume contained MS binding waste bearing fragments of a 1542 ordinance from Kristian III on convents ('om jomfruklostre') and on married bishops ('om bispevielse'). MS waste now housed as part of AM Acc. 25 (fol. 66).
1600-1699Iceland
Árni Magnússon: Owner
Last update: 2013-08-19

 

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