Manuscripts:
AM 65 a 8vo
AM 65 a 8vo (1600-1699, Iceland)
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavík
1. (1r:1-9v:5) Búalög (Extracts)Icelandicsem galmir lagt hier j IslandaSæker þess ad menn vita8 hann sie fätækur og þujlyktNote: Ends with the sections on 'tíundargerð' and 'auratali'.2. (9v:6-12v:8) Legal documentationIcelandicLagasteffnaEg :-o-: ss stefne hier :-o-: ss rietta laga steffnu9 ad vera jafn vid fätæka og rykaNote: Contains contract formulae, a section on the duties of judges and various exhortations/commandments.3. (12v:x-18v:24) Jónsbók (Extracts)IcelandicSaktal wr Islendynga logbökEf walls madur huor j sinne syslu gielldur eckisekur huor vid landeygandaNote: Contains a summary (table of contents?) of Jónsbók beginning with þingfararbálkr and ending with rekabálkr.4. (19r:1-42v:28) BessastaðabókIcelandicVitnes burdar brief vid reka i millvm klaufarsuma 5 lestir 3 hundradog 60 fykra.Note: Contains letters and agreements (charters?) from Bessastaðabók; cf. note from Árni Magnússon.5. (43r:1-48v:8) Bible, O.T. (Extracts)IcelandicNockrar greiner vr gudz lögvmAf ad nockur slær j augad ä synum þionustuKongarner skulu læra gudz ord og framm filgia þui.Note: Contains judgments from the Old Testament (Exodus 22, Leviticus 19-20).6. (48v:9-49v:6) FornyrðiIcelandicFornyrde vr frodleikz bokvm samann tijndAfl gnydia gialfur A lopt vindraGagl __ heitir giæfar vngeNote: Contains explinations of terms/phrases beginning with letters A-G.7. (49v:7-50r:20) Hervarar saga og Heiðreks (Extracts)IcelandicNockrar gatur sm Odenn vp bar firir Heidrike konge vndir personu Gestz hins blinda1 Gestur sagde, hvor er sa hinn mikleþo ad hann være agiætur þa vard hann ad deyia. FinizNote: Contains part of the riddle prologue and a selection (8) riddles from the R redaction of the saga.8. (50r:21-55v:23) AnnalsIcelandicNockvd af annalvmog adskiliannlegvm til burdvmA dogvm Macomets saust jmes leigir til Burdirog Griklandelyka eitt barnn fædt med laungvm sex tónvmog af skaplega storu hófde.Note: Contains descriptions of extraordinary events abroad up until 1456.8. (55v:24-57r:12) Summary of ecumenical councilsIcelandicFim hafa stor þing veredHid firsta og Nisena. A dogvm Constantyny og July pava þa var Ariuss fyrir dæmdurhafde veróllden staded 3941 ar enn nu sidan Christi fæding.Note: Contains short descriptions of the first five ecumenical councils.10. (57r:13-58v:11) Ævintýri um herramann sem varð að hundiIcelandicEitt æfenntyr vm eirnn herra mann sem vard ad hunde ä .5. stundvmAnno 1633. 10 mylur fra þui eirnne soltau j þeim stad ligur eirnn landz byr ad nafne Beinenenn ongvm manne skal hann giora meinn. Finez11. (58v:12-58v:31) Story of three men in GufudalIcelandicAnno 1616 far þad vid vestur j Gufudalog j þui byle datt bite vr kirkiunne ä halz honum so af for hófudid. Ende12. (59r:1-64r:25) Seths för í ParadísumIcelandicEitt æfintir af AdamSo er sagt sidann Adam og Efa varv vt rekinnog sanadest so saga drottningarinar. Finez
Last update: 2016-08-03Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavík
1. (1r:1-9v:5) Búalög (Extracts)Icelandicsem galmir lagt hier j IslandaSæker þess ad menn vita8 hann sie fätækur og þujlyktNote: Ends with the sections on 'tíundargerð' and 'auratali'.2. (9v:6-12v:8) Legal documentationIcelandicLagasteffnaEg :-o-: ss stefne hier :-o-: ss rietta laga steffnu9 ad vera jafn vid fätæka og rykaNote: Contains contract formulae, a section on the duties of judges and various exhortations/commandments.3. (12v:x-18v:24) Jónsbók (Extracts)IcelandicSaktal wr Islendynga logbökEf walls madur huor j sinne syslu gielldur eckisekur huor vid landeygandaNote: Contains a summary (table of contents?) of Jónsbók beginning with þingfararbálkr and ending with rekabálkr.4. (19r:1-42v:28) BessastaðabókIcelandicVitnes burdar brief vid reka i millvm klaufarsuma 5 lestir 3 hundradog 60 fykra.Note: Contains letters and agreements (charters?) from Bessastaðabók; cf. note from Árni Magnússon.5. (43r:1-48v:8) Bible, O.T. (Extracts)IcelandicNockrar greiner vr gudz lögvmAf ad nockur slær j augad ä synum þionustuKongarner skulu læra gudz ord og framm filgia þui.Note: Contains judgments from the Old Testament (Exodus 22, Leviticus 19-20).6. (48v:9-49v:6) FornyrðiIcelandicFornyrde vr frodleikz bokvm samann tijndAfl gnydia gialfur A lopt vindraGagl __ heitir giæfar vngeNote: Contains explinations of terms/phrases beginning with letters A-G.7. (49v:7-50r:20) Hervarar saga og Heiðreks (Extracts)IcelandicNockrar gatur sm Odenn vp bar firir Heidrike konge vndir personu Gestz hins blinda1 Gestur sagde, hvor er sa hinn mikleþo ad hann være agiætur þa vard hann ad deyia. FinizNote: Contains part of the riddle prologue and a selection (8) riddles from the R redaction of the saga.8. (50r:21-55v:23) AnnalsIcelandicNockvd af annalvmog adskiliannlegvm til burdvmA dogvm Macomets saust jmes leigir til Burdirog Griklandelyka eitt barnn fædt med laungvm sex tónvmog af skaplega storu hófde.Note: Contains descriptions of extraordinary events abroad up until 1456.8. (55v:24-57r:12) Summary of ecumenical councilsIcelandicFim hafa stor þing veredHid firsta og Nisena. A dogvm Constantyny og July pava þa var Ariuss fyrir dæmdurhafde veróllden staded 3941 ar enn nu sidan Christi fæding.Note: Contains short descriptions of the first five ecumenical councils.10. (57r:13-58v:11) Ævintýri um herramann sem varð að hundiIcelandicEitt æfenntyr vm eirnn herra mann sem vard ad hunde ä .5. stundvmAnno 1633. 10 mylur fra þui eirnne soltau j þeim stad ligur eirnn landz byr ad nafne Beinenenn ongvm manne skal hann giora meinn. Finez11. (58v:12-58v:31) Story of three men in GufudalIcelandicAnno 1616 far þad vid vestur j Gufudalog j þui byle datt bite vr kirkiunne ä halz honum so af for hófudid. Ende12. (59r:1-64r:25) Seths för í ParadísumIcelandicEitt æfintir af AdamSo er sagt sidann Adam og Efa varv vt rekinnog sanadest so saga drottningarinar. Finez
CodexPaper64167mm x 105mmPaginated and foliatied: Foliated in upper, inner margin of recto leaves. Switches to pagination on fol. 19r.Average: Fols. 1 and 2 have been heavily damaged. Fols. 1-18 have extensive wear on the outer edges.Some parts of Búalög are written in two or three columns.135mm x 78mmUnknownUnknownMajor
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- Two laid-in notes in the hand of Árni Magnússon. The first reads: "Bergsteins i Skilldinganese til lans". The second: "óll brefin ur libro Bessested. n. 142. hefi eg sied i gegn um usque greiner ur Guds lógum." Numerous pen tests and some autographs on fol. 18r. Contains occasional marginalia.
Plain (later)
Rebound in November 1974. Previously bound in parchment MS waste containing a Latin liturgical text (gradual).
Now housed as HS 9 in AM Accessoria 7. Greyish fabric with yellow, grey-green spine and corners.
1600-1699Iceland
Árni Magnússon: OwnerOnce loaned to Árni Magnússon by a certain Bergsteinn í Skildinganes (mod. Reykjavík),
possibly Bergsteinn Bjarnarson, whose autograph
appears on fol. 18r.Note: According to the list of contents in AM's catalog (AM 435 a 4to), this MS is now lacking several items,
including Hugsvísmál.
