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Sögubrot af nokkrum fornkonungum í Dana ok Svía veldi; Iceland, 1690-1710

Name
Kålund, Kristian Peter Erasmus 
Birth
19 August 1844 
Death
04 July 1919 
Occupation
Librarian, scholar 
Roles
Scholar 
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Name
Hjalti Þorsteinsson 
Birth
1665 
Death
17 January 1754 
Occupation
Priest 
Roles
Scribe; Owner; correspondant 
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Name
Árni Magnússon 
Birth
13 November 1663 
Death
07 January 1730 
Occupation
Professor, Arkivsekretær (Secretary of the Royal Archives) 
Roles
Scholar; Author; Scribe; Poet 
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Name
Þormóður Torfason 
Birth
27 May 1636 
Death
31 January 1719 
Occupation
 
Roles
Owner; Scholar; Marginal 
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Name
Hufnagel, Silvia Veronika 
Occupation
 
Roles
Scholar; student 
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Contents

(1r-8v)
Sögubrot af nokkrum fornkonungum í Dana ok Svía veldi
Rubric

“Sogubrot af Nockrúm fornkongumm J Dana og Svija | Vellde.”

Incipit

“Ord Audaz Vid fodur sinn, frammberande Ord Helga med underhiggiu”

Explicit

“főlk er Alfar Kalladest Var miklu frýdara enn annad | Mannkin a Nordurlondumm.”

Language of Text

Icelandic

Physical Description

Support

Paper.

No. of leaves
8. 212 mm x 161 mm.
Foliation

Foliated in red ink in top margins by Kålund. Paginated in top outer cornes of recto pages and additionally on fol. 8v.

Collation

Catchwords on every page.

Script

Written by the priest Hjalti Þorsteinsson of Vatnsfjörður.

Accompanying Material

The AM-slip reads: “Ur Num. 15. in 4to. | fra Eckiu Sal. Þormo-|dar Torfasonar. | Epter þessu nidlags Exem-|plare hafde Sal. Assessor | Þormodr lated Asgeir ri-|ta Exemplar in folio. | og hafde Asgeir allstad-|ar úmbreitt literatura | ad methodum veteriorum. | Þetta Asgeirs Mstum | stod i Num. 13. in folio. | Enn var ?lldungis onytt, | eins og þetta nærverandi | Exemplar med hendi Sr Hiallta, og þeim mun | verra, ad Asgeir hafdi | æred liber vered i at | umbreita literaturâ. | enn orden voru eins rau-|ng i hverutveggiu. Eg | reif so þetta Asgeirs | avtographum i sundur, | ad eingann villa skyllde”.

History

Origin

Written by Hjalti Þorsteinsson in Iceland c. 1700.

Acquisition

According to the AM-slip, Árni Magnússon got the fragment from Torfæus's widow: “fra Eckiu Sal. Þormodar Torfasonar”.

Additional

Record History

Catalogued 20 December 2001 by EW-J. Checked 27 May 2008 by Silvia Hufnagel.

Bibliography

AuthorTitleEditorScope
Antiquités Russesed. C. C. RafnI: p. 67-86
Fornaldar sögur Nordrlanda: Eptir gömlum handritumed. Carl Christian RafnI: p. 361-388
Katalog over Den Arnamagnæanske Håndskriftsamlinged. Kristian KålundI: p. 3-4
Sǫgur Danakonunga. 1. Sǫgubrot af fornkonungum. 2. Knytlinga saga, STUAGNLed. Carl af Petersens, ed. Emil Olson1919-1925; XLVI