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The leaves are put on meeting guards and bound in two different light brown cloth bindings with farker brown spines and corners.
The binding of AM 7770 c α-γ 4to is in folio, measuring: 335 mm x 230 mm x 4 mm.
The binding of AM 770 c δ-θ 4to is in quarto, measuring: 860 mm x 720 mm x 20 mm.
Bréfritari : Peder Hvitfeldt
Bréfritari : Christoffer Walkendorf
A draft or a contemporaneous copy.
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Written in long lines with 25 written lines on fol. 1r and five lines on fol. 1v.
Written in Denmark, s. XVI2.
At that time Svalbard was thought connected with Greenland.
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Written in long lines on fol. 3r. There are 25 written lines on the page.
Written in Denmark, s. XVII.
„Auctor Exercitationes de Præadamitis; in systemate the| ologico ex Præadamitarum Hypotheſi. Parte I lib. IV. Cap. 14.| impreſſo 1655.“
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Fol. 5r and the first five lines of 5v are written by an unidentified scribe. The writing is small and neat.
The rest is written by Árni Magnússon.
Written in Iceland and/or Denmark, c. 1700.
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Written in Denmark, c. 1600.
Crossed out.
On Eiríkr rauði Þorvaldsson, the Viking settlement of Greenland, the nature on Greenland and geograpical notes.
„Af Þorbirne Kalls efni“
Notes concerning produce on Greenland, the history of Greenland, Björn Einarsson's visit and Gunnbjörn's skerries.
Crossed out.
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Foliated (1) 1-7 (7). 1r and 7v were once covered by white paper. These blank pages are now separated from the original pages and foliated (1) and (7). Fols 2-7 are foliated in purple ink in the upper right-hand corners of the leaves. Fol. 1, missing the top half, is foliated in pencil in the upper right hand corner.
Pagination (9-20) on the foot of the pages indicates that AM 770 c ε 4to was a part of a larger manuscript.
Written in long lines with 25-28 lines per page. Fols 1v and 7r have 11 and 10 preserved lines of text, respectively.
Pen-flourished initialsin black ink occur on fols 1v and 5r.
Written in Iceland, s. XVII.
„Kirkiur ä Grænland“
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Written in one column with 15 written lines to the recto and 9 written lines to the verso.
Written by Árni Magnússon.
Written in Iceland or Denmark, s. XVIII1/4.
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Written by Árni Magnússon.
Written in Iceland or Denmark, s. XVIII1/4.
„Gronlandica“
Notes on literature concerning Greenland; titles of books, literary notes etc.
Fol. 15 is a printed advertisement.
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