Manuscripts:
AM 579 4to
AM 579 4to (1450-1475, Iceland)
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavík
1. (1r:1-7r:33) Elís saga og Rósamundu (defective)Icelandic Begins: þa skal ek fa þıerath eilifo med gude vtan enda. AMEN.Note: Fragment. Only text near the end preserved.2. (7v:1-10v:37) Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar (defective)IcelandicSaga Þorsteins VikingssonarÞat er wpp haf ath þesse saugu ath logi hefur kongr heitit Ends: at falla a bak apturNote: Defective. Lacks ending. Rubric added in a younger hand. Extensive lacuna after fol. 8 (note in lower margin of 8v reads: "hér vantar í söguna"). Note at the foot of fol. 10v reads: "Hér endar þetta Fragment af Þorsteinssögu Vikingsonar."3. (11r:1-11v:34) Unidentified saga fragment.Note: One leaf, cut very close to the spine. All that remains are a few letters of each line of text.4. (12r:1-17v:24) Adónías saga (defective)Icelandic Begins: hofdo hlifar oroggarok hervopnlatum þadvier ver a enda at vier fysumzt til gudz venda. AMEN.all jlla er klor at sé klær hafi geigit fiorar nu ä va sagan hefur teigi[?] seigt veittNote: Fragment. Only end of text preserved.5. (17v:25-22v:33) Rémundar saga keisarasonar (defective)Icelandicremundz sagaÞat er upp haf þessara frasagnar at ein agiætur keisare ried fyrir saxlandi sa er rikardr hann er nefndr Ends: sogunar sem Remundr var komın a her landNote: Defective. Only the beginning of text. Lacuna between fols. 17 and 18.6. (23r:1-24v:36) Ectors saga (defective)IcelandicNote: Two fragments.6.1. (23r:1-23v:35) Begins: eíger þu sæmd þína under þeıra ofdrambí Ends: ef þette ord aurfazt(?) suer ek þat uit tueir(?) muna at ek skal6.2. (24r:1-24v:36) Begins: ok hafa þaug ij c. skipa Ends: lætur herra hector nu setia sínar herbudar skamt
Last update: 2015-02-12Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavík
1. (1r:1-7r:33) Elís saga og Rósamundu (defective)Icelandic Begins: þa skal ek fa þıerath eilifo med gude vtan enda. AMEN.Note: Fragment. Only text near the end preserved.2. (7v:1-10v:37) Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar (defective)IcelandicSaga Þorsteins VikingssonarÞat er wpp haf ath þesse saugu ath logi hefur kongr heitit Ends: at falla a bak apturNote: Defective. Lacks ending. Rubric added in a younger hand. Extensive lacuna after fol. 8 (note in lower margin of 8v reads: "hér vantar í söguna"). Note at the foot of fol. 10v reads: "Hér endar þetta Fragment af Þorsteinssögu Vikingsonar."3. (11r:1-11v:34) Unidentified saga fragment.Note: One leaf, cut very close to the spine. All that remains are a few letters of each line of text.4. (12r:1-17v:24) Adónías saga (defective)Icelandic Begins: hofdo hlifar oroggarok hervopnlatum þadvier ver a enda at vier fysumzt til gudz venda. AMEN.all jlla er klor at sé klær hafi geigit fiorar nu ä va sagan hefur teigi[?] seigt veittNote: Fragment. Only end of text preserved.5. (17v:25-22v:33) Rémundar saga keisarasonar (defective)Icelandicremundz sagaÞat er upp haf þessara frasagnar at ein agiætur keisare ried fyrir saxlandi sa er rikardr hann er nefndr Ends: sogunar sem Remundr var komın a her landNote: Defective. Only the beginning of text. Lacuna between fols. 17 and 18.6. (23r:1-24v:36) Ectors saga (defective)IcelandicNote: Two fragments.6.1. (23r:1-23v:35) Begins: eíger þu sæmd þína under þeıra ofdrambí Ends: ef þette ord aurfazt(?) suer ek þat uit tueir(?) muna at ek skal6.2. (24r:1-24v:36) Begins: ok hafa þaug ij c. skipa Ends: lætur herra hector nu setia sínar herbudar skamt
CodexParchmentv, 24, i225mm x 188mmFoliated: Foliated in upper corners of recto leaves.Poor: Leaves are worn and dirty; some have been damaged. Multiple lacunae (see individual item descriptions). Upper
corner of fol. 24 has been torn off with some loss of text.
170mm x 140mmUnknownCursivaMajor
Moderate
- Miniature (drawing): Drawings in the lower margins of fols. 3r (face), 4r (dog?), 5v (pig?), 12v (beast?), 14v (face), 15r (fish?), 16r (beast?), 17v (battle scene), 20r (face), 20v (face).
- Secondary (initial): Decorated initials in various colours throughout.
Medium
- Illegible upside-down inscription on fol. 6r.
- Occasional marginal emendations.
- Leaf added by AM reads: " Ur Elis sögu. Framan af Þorsteins sögu Vikingssonar. Frä Magnuse i Brædratungu. Ur Adonias sögu. Framan af Remundar sögu. Fra nefndum Magnuse. Her eru og ur Hektors sögu 2. blöd." Another added note in AM's hand reads: "þesse 2. blöd ur Þorsteins sögu hefi eg feinged annarsstadar".
- Entries from a Danish account book in an unknown hand on versos of third (dated June 1722) and fourth front flyleaves.
Plain (later)
Rebound in January 1969 (see handrit.is). Grey-green fabric with tan leather sine and corners.
1450-1475Iceland
Árni Magnússon: OwnerMagnús Sigfússon: OwnerÁrni Magnússon acquired items
1, 3, 4 (and probably 5) from Magnús Sigurðsson í Bræðratungu.
Item 2 was acquired elsewhere (cf. AM slip).
