Manuscripts:
AM 577 4to
AM 577 4to (1450-1499, Iceland)
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavík
1. (1r:1-3v:7) Egils saga einhenda og Ásmundar berserkjabana (defective)Icelandic Begins: skipað og brúðgumar [ni]ður settirok aungu þvi sem þar var fyriNote: Only the end of the saga preserved here.2. (3v:8-49v:26) Vilhjálms saga sjóðsIcelandicSaga þessi sem nu byriazt hefzt fyst j einglandiAmmiral hét sonur Vilhjálms og Astrinomíu er þar tók síðan ríki.Nú er saga þessi komin á enda. Hafi sá þökk sem klóraði en hver gaman sem til heyrir.3. (49v:27-63r:18) Bósa saga (defective)IcelandicHier biriar søguna af Bøgu-BosaSaga þesse hefzt eigi af lokleysu þeireþaa hann van orminnNote: One leaf lacking between fols. 59 and 60. Rubric on fol. 49v written in a later hand.4. (63r:19-64v:27) Af bóndasyni nokkrum í kóngsgarði (defective)IcelandicKongur einn rikur var j þyuska[?] lande Ends: kongur sarar[?] ef þesse saga profaztNote: Defective. Lacks ending.5. (65r:1-71v:6) Þorsteins þáttur bæjarmagns (defective)Icelandic Begins: var allt gullskotidok giarna uilldi þosteinn dukinn eigaok hafa þav ecki sezt sidan j noregiNote: Defective. Lacks beginning. Lacunae after fols. 67 and 70.6. (71v:7-76v:25) Vilmundar saga viðutan (defective)IcelandicVisivaldr hefr kongr nefndur verid Ends: enn fangastackurinn uarNote: Defective. Lacks ending. Lacuna after fols. 72 and 74.7. (77r:1-82v:x) Flóres saga konungs og sona hans (defective)Icelandic Begins: Kastus helltt leingi strid vid eirnn rickan[?] hertuga Ends: ok var þar enn dyrlegastaNote: Fragment.
CodexParchmenti, 82, i170-185mm x 130-140mmLater foliation: Red foliation (1-82) in upper corners of recto leaves.Poor: Parchment worn, cockled and dark throughout. Some leaves lacking (see individual items). Tears and lacunae on multiple leaves. Text faded and overwritten in a 17th c. hand on fols. 7, 14, 23, 30, 46. 135-145mm x 95-107mmUnknownTextualisMajor
Info: I. (1r-49v, 65r-66r, 71v-76v)
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Info: II. (50r-64v)
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Info: III. (66v-71r)
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Info: IV. (77r-82v)
Low
  • Initial: Traces of colored initials according to Kålund (Kat. I:739).
  • Miniature (marginal): Small figure drawn in the lower margin of fol. 14v. Grotesque figure in lower margin of fol. 67r.
Low
  • Occasional marginalia and pen tests throughout.
  • Autograph of a certain "Olaf" in the lower margins of fols. 25r, 27r and 28v. Other autographs by Snjófríður, fol 75v and Sigmundur Hallsson, fol. 76r.
  • Inserted page in the hand of AM reads: "afftan af sögu Eigils einhendta vilihalms siods saga. saga af Bosa og Herraudi. af Þorsteini Bæiarmagn fragment. af Vilmundi vidutan. fragment. af Flores kongi og sonum hans (ut puto) fragment. (Pall skrifar þar se i af Bratleifi bondasyni nockrumÞetta Bratleifs nafn er oriett, komid af rangre lesningu nockrum fragment." Facing page has inscription addressed to: "Monsr Arne a Kiöbenhaffn".
Plain (later)
Rebound in September 1966. Quarter-calf cloth binding over paper boards. Dimensions: 195mm x 169mm x 57mm.
1450-1499Iceland
Árni Magnússon: OwnerAmbiguous: OwnerAmbiguous: SignatoryAmbiguous: SignatoryAmbiguous: SignatoryÁrni Magnússon acquired the MS from a certain Páll (cf. added AM slip and Springborg 1970, 67-71.). Autographs of suspected previous owners in the margins: Ólafur, ef til vill Egilsson; Snjófríður; Sigmundur Hallsson.
Last update: 2013-08-22

 

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