Manuscripts:
AM 571 4to
AM 571 4to (1500-1550, Iceland)
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavík
1. (1r-3v) Ála flekks saga (defective)IcelandicNote: Two fragments.2. (3v-5v) Hálfdanar saga Brönufóstra (defective)IcelandicNote: Two fragments.Note: The introduction is illegible.3. (6r-6v) Þorsteins þáttur bæjarmagns (defective)IcelandicNote: Fragment.4. (7r-12v) Grettis saga (defective)IcelandicNote: Three fragments.
CodexParchmenti, 12, i182mm x 133mmLater foliationPoor160mm x 110mmUnknownTextualisSole
Low
  • Secondary (rubric): Traces of red rubric.
  • Secondary (initial): Traces of initials in various colours.
Low
  • Scribbling in the bottom margins throughout.
  • An AM slip glued onto the front of the manuscript: "Ur Alaflecks sogu 2 1/2 blad. ur Halfdanar sogu Bronufostra 2 1/2 blad. ur Þorsteins sogu Bæjarmagns 1. blad. ur Grettis sogu 6. blod. Þorsteinn Sigurdzson feck þetta 1711 af Jone, syne Sr Magnuss Havardzsonar ä Desiarmyre. Jon byr i Jorvik ä Utmannaforit, og meinast hann þesse blod feinged hafa hia fedr sinum". A second AM slip concerning foliation is inserted between fols. 6 and 7.
Plain (later)
Dimensions: 194mm x 160mm x 15mm.
1500-1550Iceland
Ambiguous: OwnerJón Magnússon: OwnerMagnús Hávarðsson: OwnerThe manuscript came from Þorsteinn Sigurðsson, who in turn got it from Jón Magnússon í Jórvík í Útmannasveit in 1711. Jón received it from his father, séra Magnús Hávarðsson á Desjarmýri (cf. AM slip).
Last update: 2015-02-11

 

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