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AM 65 fol.

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Noregs konunga sögur; Iceland, 1600-1699

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Name
Kålund, Kristian Peter Erasmus 
Birth
19 August 1844 
Death
04 July 1919 
Occupation
Librarian, scholar 
Roles
Scholar 
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LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE AND DOUBLE ACUTELATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE AND DOUBLE ACUTE

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Name
Helga Magnúsdóttir 
Birth
1623 
Death
03 November 1677 
Occupation
Húsfreyja 
Roles
Owner 
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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
Jón Erlendsson 
Death
01 August 1672 
Occupation
Priest 
Roles
Scribe 
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Name
Jón Hákonarson 
Birth
1658 
Death
1748 
Occupation
Farmer 
Roles
Scribe 
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Name
Brynjólfur Sveinsson 
Birth
14 September 1605 
Death
05 August 1675 
Occupation
Bishop 
Roles
Scholar; Owner; Author; Correspondent; Marginal 
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Name
Elín Hákonardóttir 
Birth
1644 
Death
1717 
Occupation
 
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Owner 
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Name
Hufnagel, Silvia Veronika 
Occupation
 
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Scholar; student 
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Contents

1(1bis-50v)
Magnúss saga góða
Rubric

“Her hefur sogu Magnuss | kongs”

Incipit

“Þar hefium vier vpp frasogn | er Jaritsleifur kongur red fyrir Garþaríki”

Explicit

“voru samfarar | þeirra godar. ok lykur þar þeirri frasogn.”

Language of Text

Icelandic

Keywords

2(50v-176v)
Haralds saga harðráða
Incipit

“Sigurdur Hrysi het son Haralds | kongs Hárfagra.”

Explicit

“Son Asolfs var Guthormur fader Bardar | faudur Jnga kongs ok Skvla hertoga”

Language of Text

Icelandic

Keywords

3(178v-183r)
Ólafs saga kyrra
Incipit

“MAGNUS Kongur Haralds son ried | einn fyrir Noreg hinn næsta vetur eptir | fall Haralds kongs faudur síns.”

Explicit

“oc hafþi Noʀegur mikit audgast oc prydst vnder | hanns ríki”

Language of Text

Icelandic

Keywords

4(183r-210r)
Magnúss saga berfætts
Incipit

“Magnus son Olafs kongs var til kőngs tekinn j | Vikinne þegar epter andlat Olafs kongs”

Explicit

“Til frægdar skal kong hafa meir enn til lánglífis.”

Language of Text

Icelandic

Keywords

5(210r-250v)
Magnússona saga — Sigurðar saga jórsalafara ok bræðra hans, Eysteins ok Ólafs
Incipit

“Epter fall Magnuss kongs Berfætts tocu synir | hanz Kongdom j Noregi.”

Explicit

“ok var Olld hanz god landszfolkinu. þviat þa var | bæþi ?r ok fridur”

Language of Text

Icelandic

Keywords

6(210v-263r)
Magnúss saga blinda ok Haralds gilla
Incipit

“MAgnus son Sigurdar kongs var tekinn til kongs j Os-|lo yfir land allt,”

Explicit

“Haʀaldur var jard|adur i Kristz kirkiu hinni fornu”

Language of Text

Icelandic

Keywords

7(263r-282v)
Inga saga Haraldssonar ok bræðra hans — Haraldssona saga
Incipit

“Ingiridur Drottning ok med henni lendir menn | ok hird sv er Haʀaldur kongur hafdi haft ríedu þat | þat at hleypiskvta”

Explicit

“sid sidan af slikvm rádvm Simon | Skalpur of hialpa.”

Language of Text

Icelandic

Keywords

8(282v-300r)
Hákonar saga herðibreiðs
Incipit

“HAkon son Sigurdar kongs var tekinn til hofþingia | yfer flock þann”

Explicit

“ok hafþi vng|mennisædi. vinsæll var hann vid alþydu”

Language of Text

Icelandic

Keywords

9(300r-316r)
Magnúss saga Erlingssonar
Incipit

“MArcus a Skogi hiet madur vpplenskur frændi | Sigurdar Jarls”

Explicit

“ok hann myndi vera þvi meire her|madur enn Jarl sem hann var yngri | ok lykur hier at seigia fra | þeim Magnusi kongi ok Erlingi | Jarli.”

Language of Text

Icelandic

Keywords

10(317r-329v)
Ólafs saga hins helga (extract)
Rubric

“Sogu þattur. | Af Olafe konge er kall|adur var Digurbeirn.”

Incipit

“SVO hafa sagt nockrer | frőder menn ath kongur hafe Olafur heited, sa er r?ded hafe fyrer tveimur fylkium”

Explicit

“oc flyþe sem skiőtast þann stadínn | ok lykur þar þessumm | atburdumm:”

Bibliography

Johnsen og Jón Helgason, Den store Saga om Olav den Hellige vol. II p. 727-735 Ed. 65

Language of Text

Icelandic

11(332r-344v)
Hemings þáttr Aslákssonar
Rubric

“Hemings Sogu þattur”

Incipit

“I. Capitule: | Haralldur Sigurdar Son Syrs | rieþe þa fyrer Noregi er | þesse Saga giorest.”

Explicit

“oc svo giaurer hann | ath hann fær giesti grid framm vmm jőlinn.”

Language of Text

Icelandic

Keywords

12(348r-363v)
Nornagests þáttr
Rubric

“Sogu-þattur Af | Norna Gest”

Incipit

“Suo er sagt ath | a einum tima þa er | Olafur kongur sat j þrand|heime,”

Explicit

“oc | þotte sannast vm lifdaga hans sem hann sagde | ok lykur hier fra Norna Gest | ath seigia.”

Language of Text

Icelandic

Keywords

13(364r-379v)
Gautreks saga
Rubric

“Fra Gauta kőnge ínum | millda.”

Incipit

“1. Capitule: | Þar hefium vier eína frasogn | af einumm kongi þeim er Gauti hiet.”

Explicit

“ef sætter takizt med ydr | þuiat mier þikir”

Language of Text

Icelandic

Keywords

14(380r-383r)
Jómsvíkinga drápa
Incipit

“Avngan qveþ ec at odi orvm malma fyri þo gat ec | hrodr vm hvgþan hliőds”

Explicit

“vndan rad at skynda saman”

Note

with white space indicating lacunae

Bibliography

Jómsvíkínga ok Knýtlingasaga p. 163-174:22 Ed. B

Language of Text

Icelandic

Keywords

15(383v-384v)
Málsháttakvæði
Incipit

“Ecki hefi ec med fluntvn farid fullvel ætta ek til þess | varit”

Explicit

“allmargr | er til seiɸ at sefa svo k?tt ver rad sem gefaz”

Language of Text

Icelandic

Keywords

Physical Description

Support

Paper.

No. of leaves
385 (384 + 1 bis). Fols 118 (except one line on fol. 118r), 177, 316v, 330-331 and 345-347 are blank. 310 mm x 197 mm.
Foliation

Foliated by Kålund in red ink in the top outer corners of the recto pages.

Collation

Catchwords on every tenth verso page from fols 10 to 170 and 187 to 307, then irregularly on fols 325v, 341v, 357r, 357v and 373v.

Layout

Written in one column with 21 to 32 (usually 25 to 27) lines to the page. Running titles on fols 317v-329v, 332v-344v, 348v-363v and 364v-379v. Spaces are left open for initials.

Script

Written by Jón Erlendsson.

Additions

On fol. 1r is written: “Virdulegur Herra Biskupen, M. Brynjolfur | Sveins son ad Skaalholte minn dygdarikur, og | Elskulegur Velgørda og Æt-brőder, gaf mer | þessa sogubook, enn eg gef hana nú doottur minne | Elene Hakonar doottur til eignar, skrifad ad | Brædratungu 31 Januarij. Anno 1675. | Helga Magnus dottir | e h” (only signature written by Helga Magnúsdóttur).

Binding

Bound in the original binding, imbossed dark leather with metal clasps and corner pieces. Size of binding: 335 mm x 223 mm x 81 mm.

Accompanying Material

Árni Magnússon wrote on a slip that was pasted to the front of the manuscript: “A bok in Folio med | hendi Sr Jons i Villinga | hollte: hia Jone Ha-|konar syne, kominne til | hans fra Latrafolke | enn til Helgv Magnusdottur fra M. Bryniolfe. | Noregs konunga s?gur. | Af Olafi Digurbein | Nornageste | Hemings þattur | Gautreki konungi. Gautreki konungi | og Dalafiflum. | | Jomsvikingadrapa og adrar visur aptanvid. | Bokina hefe Helga Magnusdottir | gefid Elinu Hakonar dottur dott|ur sinna 31. Jan. 1675.”

History

Origin

Written in Iceland in the seventeenth century by Jón Erlendsson (d. 1672).

Provenance

According to a note on fol. 1 bis, bishop Brynjólfur Sveinsson gave the manuscript to Helga Magnúsdóttir who in return gave it in 1675 to her daughter Elín Hákonardóttir.

Acquisition

According to the AM-slip pasted in the front of the manuscript, Árni Magnússon got the manuscript from Jón Hákonarson.

Additional

Record History

Catalogued 3 April 2008 by Silvia Hufnagel.

Bibliography

AuthorTitleEditorScope
Den store Saga om Olav den Helligeed. Jón Helgason, ed. Oscar Albert JohnsenII: p. 727-735
Jómsvíkínga ok Knýtlingasaga með tilheyrandi þættum, Fornmanna sögur1828; IX
Katalog over Den Arnamagnæanske Håndskriftsamlinged. Kristian KålundI: p. 42-43
Jómsvíkinga saga & Jómsvíkingadrápaed. Carl af Petersensp. 126
Fornaldar sögur Nordrlanda: Eptir gömlum handritumed. Carl Christian RafnIII: p. vii
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