Parchment.
11 gatherings consisting of 8 leaves; the last quire, however, consists of two leaves.
The manuscript is written long lines with 27 ruled lines per leaf.
The first and the last leaves show traces of exposure to damp, and the bottom margin of f. 76 is torn. According to the AM-slips, the manuscript once contained four leaves comprising a list of bishops for Nidaros and short pieces concerning ecclesiastical affairs. These were, however, damaged due to exposure to damp and Arní Magnússon transcribed these and thereafter removed the damaged leaves. (Árni Magnússon's transcriptions are now catalogued as AM 683 b 4to and Addit 7 e 8vo).
The manuscript is written in a Gothic bookhand from the beginning of the fourteenth century.
The initials are red and blue, and there are rubrics and running titles in red.
The manuscript is bound in a brown tooled leather binding. A folio of a Latin church manuscript has been inserted and now serves as endleaves for this manuscript.
There are four AM-slips a-d:
The manuscript is written in Norway and has been dated to the first quarter of the fourteenth century.
On fol. 1r is written the name Th. Torfæus and according to the AM-slips a goldbeater bought the manuscript at the auction of Rasmus Rasmussenand in 1707 he sold it to Torfæus.
Catalogued 09.15.2000 by AWS.
The manuscript was bound in a modern standard half binding during the period 06.30.1981-04.20.1982.