Manuscripts:
AM 10 fol.
AM 10 fol. (1600-1699, Norway)
Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen
1. (1r-24v) Hrólfs saga krakaIcelandicHier Byriar Sogu Af Hrolfe konge krakaMadur hiet Halfdän enn annar fröde þeir varu brædur og kongz synerOg Endar hier søgu Hrolfz kongz kraka og käppa hanzNote: In 32 chapters, all numbered except for the second chapter.
Last update: 2013-02-12Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen
1. (1r-24v) Hrólfs saga krakaIcelandicHier Byriar Sogu Af Hrolfe konge krakaMadur hiet Halfdän enn annar fröde þeir varu brædur og kongz synerOg Endar hier søgu Hrolfz kongz kraka og käppa hanzNote: In 32 chapters, all numbered except for the second chapter.
CodexPaperi, 24, i304mm x 209mmA large (possibly royal) watermarkLater foliation: Foliated 1-24 in red ink by Kristian
Kålund (almost erased by wet processing in 1980).
Newer foliation with pencil.Good: Excellent condition.253mm x 150mmNote: The edges have been trimmed; the contemporary margin size does not correspond to the original
margin size. Much has been cut off, especially in the upper margin; parts of the running title are
missing.Catchwords on every pages in kurrent.Páll SveinssonHybridaSole
Info: Presumably written by Páll Sveinsson. The main body is written in a hybrida script. Highlighted words,
catchwords and some of the running titles are in a kurrent script.
Low
- Initial: Slightly ornamental inital in title line at the beginning of the text and a smaller initial at the beginning of each chapter.
- Other: v-shaped ending
Low
- An AM-slip is bound in with the masnuscript in front. It reads "Fra Sal. Assessor Thormod Torvesens Enke 1720."
Plain (later)
When Kålund was writing his catalogue in the late 19th century, the manuscript was bound in a parchment
binding with text from a French Biblia latina from c. 1300, now Acc. 7e, Hs
122; fols. 7, 10, 26, 35, 37 and 39.
The parchment was removed in 1911 and replaced with a marbeled
paper binding. The parchment spine was preserved. Kålund noted the date 8/8-11 on the front fly-sheet. This binding has been removed and is kept
seperately with the manuscript.
Current binding: modern standard half-binding. Kålund's notes are cut out and glued to the new front
fly-sheet. Dimensions: 311 x
235 x
14 mm.
1600-1699Norway
Þormóður Torfason: OwnerÁrni Magnússon: OwnerPrior to AM the only known owner of the manuscript is Torfæus. AM 10 fol. used to be part of a larger manuscript, which in its most complete form was
probably put together by Torfæus in Norway rather than in Iceland. After his death, is was passed on to Árni Magnússon, who, according to his note, took apart the
larger manuscript.
