Manuscripts:
AM 119 b 8vo
AM 119 b 8vo (1600-1699, Iceland)
Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen
1. (1r:1-10r:12) Gnýs ævintýriIcelandicEitt æfenntyr til gamanz af einum kieisara er Jokum hiet og af entulus og gnyrJochum hiet eirnn godur værnhann reid a trie hestinum semm hønum sæmde2. (10r:13-18v:20) Eiríks saga víðförlaIcelandicÆfinn Tyr af Þrände könge og Eiryk Vid førläÞrandur Er Sä köngur Nefndur er first riedi firir þränd heimiEr þessi fra saga eptir hønum sialfum søgd og hanz føru naut3. (19r:1-23r:8) Ormars þáttur FramarssonarIcelandicEitt æfinn Tyr af Ormar for mannz syneFirir gaut landi riedi sa kongurs er hringur hietog stirdi so ryki synu med söma høfum uier ey meir af hønum friett Finis etcNote: Bottom portion of leaf cut away and restored with blank paper.4. (23v:1-23v:4) Unidentified æfintýri (defective)Icelandic Begins: aptur seigdu[?] honum og lykaog[?] læti firir god ár og[?] bar. Finis.Note: Defective. Lacks beginning. Text rubbed and illegible in some places.5. (23v:5-23v:7) Unidentified text (defective)IcelandicHvad erttu holldlegur madur Ends: Qvad errtu cristinn madurNote: Defective. Lacks ending. Laid out in three columns.6. (24r:1-24r:11) Unidentified æfintýriIcelandicEitt litid æfinn tyrÞad var einn kongur sem hafde þa foruitneog hefur natt stal hia einum kongur hann[?] vNote: Defective? Only the beginning of an æfintýri.
CodexPaperi, 24, iNote: Flyleaves modern155mm x 95mmLater foliation: Foliated in violet pencil in lower margins.Average: Most leaves have sustained extensive wear and have been restored. The lower part of fol. 23 has been excised.135mm x 80mmUnknownUnknownMajor
Info: The majority of the MS (items 1-3) are in the same, unknown hand. Items 4-6 are in three separate unknown hands.
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Moderately decorated (later)
Rebound in 1963 in paper boards with a speckled wood pattern.
1600-1699Iceland
Árni Magnússon: OwnerThe manuscript was once bound in with AM 119 a 8vo which itself was once part of a larger codex, now split up into AM 119 a 8vo, AM 588 p 4to and AM 118 a 8vo. It is possible that AM 119 b 8vo was once part of this larger codex, too.
Last update: 2013-08-15

 

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