Manuscript Detail

AM 240 III fol.

Maríu saga ; Iceland, 1300-1399

Contents

(1r-v)
Maríu saga
Incipit

„ faheyrdan hlut“

Explicit

„ ok biskupar hans epter “

Bibliography

Maríu saga,(fol. 1ra) 998:29-1000:5; (fol. 1rb) 1001:2-1002:5; (fol. 1va-b) 1030:1-5, 1201-1204, 1030:1-11Ed i2 (1r) and Ed. i3 (1v)

Language of Text
Old Norse
Text Class
Saint's sagas

Physical Description

Support

Parchment.

No. of leaves
1. 180 mm x 260 mm
Layout

Written in double columns.

Condition

The lower half of the leaf is cut away.

Script

According to Unger ( Mariu1871 p. xxii ) the hand of this fragment is identical with the hand that wrote AM 240 VII fol. and fols 13ra-14rb of AM 233 a fol..

Binding

Bound in a blue cardboard cover from 1967.

History

Origin

Written in Iceland in the fourteenth century.

Provenance

According a marginal note this leaf has, together with two other, belonged to the principal Jón Þórkellson and later to Jón Ólafsson from Grunnavík. The note reads: Þesse þriu blỏd sende mier Rector Jon Þorkelsson frä Islande 1736. med Eyrarbacka skipe sijdara.

Additional

Record History

Catalogued July 06, 2000 by EW-J.
Custodial History

During the conservation 01-02-1967 to 26-04-1967 the manuscript was put on meeting guards and put in a blue cardboard cover.

The manuscript was prepared for photographing 24-10-1964 to 04-11-1964.
Surrogates

  • 70mm, 70mm27, from 1964.
  • Black and white prints from January 1965.

Bibliography

Title: Katalog over Den Arnamagnæanske Håndskriftsamling
Editor: Kålund, Kristian
Title: Maríu saga: Legender om Jomfru Maria og hendes Jertegn
Editor: Unger, C. R.
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