Manuscripts:
AM 589 e 4to
AM 589 e 4to (1450-1500, Iceland)
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavík
1. (1r:1-5v:13) Þorsteins þáttur bæjarmagnsIcelandicSaga af Thorteyne BaiarmagnI þann tima er hákon jarll sygurdar son red fyrir noregiHafi sa þack fyrir er skrifadi og sa er las en hinir skamm er ohlíod gíordu.2. (5v:14-13v:32) Egils saga einhenda og Ásmundar berserkjabanaIcelandicHertryggur hefir konungr heitetþvj at bokfellit minnkar en blekit þycknar augum þynglazt tungan trenar[?] haundin mædizt pennen sliofgaz og bila aull vitfæren hafi þeir þauck er skrifad hafa og suo sa er las og þeir er til hlýddu og sa er þessa saugu hefir fyrst saman sett.3. (13v:33-19v:37) Hálfdanar saga Brönufóstra (defective)IcelandicSaga af Halfdane brónuföstraHringur hefir konungur heitit er red fyrir danmork Ends: og vard frægr madr. Þau HaldanNote: Defective. Lacks ending.4. (20r:1-23r:29) Ála flekks saga (defective)Icelandic Begins: heim til india landz og settizt[?] um kyrtennda er her endir a saugu ála fleks.hafi þeir þakk er hlyddu en hinir skamm er ohliod gerdu.Note: Defective. Lacks beginning.5. (23v:1-23v:34) Hákonar þáttur Hárekssonar (defective)IcelandicSa er haralldr son sygurdar þ red fyrir Ends: vm allt samanoger þar var komit Note: Defective. Lacks ending.
CodexParchmenti, 23, i195-200mm x 158-164mmLater foliation: Poor: Some leaves lacking from manuscript. Some sections darkened and illegible. Cropping on outer margins of fols. 19-23 have resulted in loss of text. Lacunae in fols. 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 21. 155-168mm x 143-150mmUnknownCursivaMajor
Info: I. fols. 1r-9r:5, 9r:13-36, 9v:6-25, 10r:1-36, 10v:18-11r:6"teinvm", 11v:1-3"vpp", 12r:1-16"voru", 12r:30 "j"-33, 12v:26-13r:5"brynhilldj", 13r:18 "haufdu"-13v18 "leingi", 13v:25 "hafa"-32, 14r:25-33, 16r:15-37, 18r:11-19v, 20r:21-22r:11"drecka", 22r:23 "þu"-23v30.
UnknownCursivaMajor
Info: II. fols. 9r:6-12, 9v:1-5, 9v:26-35, 10v:1-17, 11r:6 "og fylgdi"-35, 11v:3 "og uoru"-33, 12r:16 "megi"-30 "kome", 12v:1-25, 13r:5 "let"-18 "ueizlu", 13v:18 "Augmundr"-25 "hann", 14r:1-24, 14v-16r:14, 16v:1-18r:10, 20r:1-20, 22r:11 "brudlaup"-23 "hefer", 23v:31-34
Low
  • Border (decorated): Decorative division between texts on fol. 5v.
Low
  • Contains a sparse amount of marginalia.
  • Title rubrics have been added by a later hand on fols. 1r, 13v and 23r.
Plain (later)
Bound in August 1966. Dimensions: 208mm x 191mm x 28mm. Half-calf linen binding.
Earlier pasteboard binding from 1772-1780. Blue shelfmark on the spine. Offset text from printed pages on pastedowns.
1450-1500
Iceland
Árni Magnússon: OwnerBjörn Þorleifsson: OwnerThe manuscript was originally part of a larger volume containing AM 589 a-f 4to. Árni Magnússon received AM 589 a-f 4to from Björn Þorleifsson, later bishop of Hólar.
Last update: 2016-08-02

 

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