Copy of AM 327 4to (Codex optimus). The lacunae are filled in from Flateyarbók (GKS 1005 fol.).
Paper.
Written in the inner columns of folded leaves.
Written by Ásgeir Jónsson.
The boards were originally covered with parchment from a Liturgical manuscript in Latin containing Petrus de Herental's hymn commentary. This was removed in the summer of 1911 and transferred to Access. 7 e, hs. 123 fols 49-52.
There are three AM-slips in Árni Magnússon's hand at the beginning of the codex containing partly an list of manuscripts containing Sverris saga, seemingly ranked in order of importance, partly information pertaining to this copy together with notes on a translation into Swedish by Rugmann. The list of codices is as follows:
Sverris Saga.|
1. Codex meus in 4to, optimus ille | in calce trunctatus.|
2. Codex Academiæ Hafnienſis in 4to | mutilus qvidem paſſim, at egregius.|
3. Codex alter Academiæ Hafnienſis | in 4to. et ille qvidem ſatis bonus |
4. Codex meus in folio, poſt partem | ultimam Snorronis Sturlæi. nec | ille qvidem malus.|
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6. Codex Flateyenſis, ubi Sveri vi-|ta habetur, verboſior aliis.
7. Codex meus, olim (ut videtur) Eccleſiæ Scalholtenſis in Islan
diâ. nulli priorum comparand|us, nec magnæ ætatis, nec | bonitate præſtans
8. Brevis hiſtoria Sveri Regis in | Codice Academiæ Hafniensis.
9. Variorum Codicum fragmenta | penes me
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5. Vita Sveri Regis in Codece Academiæ Hafnienſis in folio, poſt Snorronis Sturlæi Hiſtoriam Norvegicam, ſi rectè memini, mutila erat in calce. Codex nunc flammis abſsumptus eſt. Torfæus hunc codicem Jofraskinnam appellavit. Scriptura erat minutâ