Skráningarfærsla handrits

AM 770 c 4to

Gronlandica ; Iceland and Denmark, 1500-1725

Athugasemd
The manuscript is a composite of eight originally different manuscripts of varying formats.

Innihald

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Blaðefni

Paper.

Blaðfjöldi
51.
Band

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.

Uppruni og ferill

Uppruni
Written in Iceland and Denmark from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the eighteenth century.

Hluti I ~ AM 770 c α 4to

1 (1r-v)
Proposition concerning an Expedition to Rediscover Greenland
Ábyrgð

Bréfritari : Peder Hvitfeldt

Bréfritari : Christoffer Walkendorf

Athugasemd

A draft or a contemporaneous copy.

Tungumál textans
danska

Lýsing á handriti

Blaðefni

Paper.

Blaðfjöldi
2. Fol. 2 is blank. 300 mm x 196 mm
Tölusetning blaða
Foliated 1-2.
Kveraskipan
To conjoint leaves: 1+2.
Umbrot

Written in long lines with 25 written lines on fol. 1r and five lines on fol. 1v.

Ástand
Folding lines indicate that the leaves were folded up as a letter.

Uppruni og ferill

Uppruni

Written in Denmark, s. XVI2.

Hluti II ~ AM 770 c β 4to

2 (3r)
Christian IV's Trade Licence on the Island of Svalbard: 16. oktober 1631
Ábyrgð

Viðtakandi : J. Bram

Viðtakandi : G. Bram

Athugasemd

At that time Svalbard was thought connected with Greenland.

Tungumál textans
danska

Lýsing á handriti

Blaðefni

Paper.

Blaðfjöldi
2. Fols 3v-4v are blank. 320 mm x 205 mm
Tölusetning blaða
Foliated 3-4.
Kveraskipan
Two conjoint leaves: 3+4.
Umbrot

Written in long lines on fol. 3r. There are 25 written lines on the page.

Ástand
Folding lines indicate that the leaves were folded up as a letter.

Uppruni og ferill

Uppruni

Written in Denmark, s. XVII.

Hluti III ~ AM 770 c γ 4to

3 (5r-6v)
De præadamitis
Höfundur
Titill í handriti

Auctor Exercitationes de Præadamitis; in systemate the| ologico ex Præadamitarum Hypotheſi. Parte I lib. IV. Cap. 14.| impreſſo 1655.

Tungumál textans
latína
Efnisorð

Lýsing á handriti

Blaðefni

Paper.

Blaðfjöldi
2. 333 mm x 210 mm
Tölusetning blaða
Foliated 5-6.
Kveraskipan
Two singletons: 5, 6.
Umbrot
Written in long lines with 58-38 lines per page. Fol. 6v, however, only has five written lines.
Skrifarar og skrift

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.

Uppruni og ferill

Uppruni

Written in Iceland and/or Denmark, c. 1700.

Hluti IV ~ AM 770 c δ 4to

4 (1r-6v)
Log of James Alday's Expedition to Greenland in 1579
Tungumál textans
danska
Efnisorð

Lýsing á handriti

Blaðefni

Paper.

Blaðfjöldi
6. Fol. 6 is blank. 215 mm x 156 mm
Tölusetning blaða
Foliated 1-6 in purple ink in the upper right hand corners.
Kveraskipan
Six conjoint leaves: 1+6, 2+5, 3+4
Fylgigögn
There are three AM-slips (a-c) put on meeting guards at the beginning of the codex. The first (a) reads: Kiöbt paa Etats Raad Roſtgaardz auction, i en faſciculo, num. Mſtorum 604.

Uppruni og ferill

Uppruni

Written in Denmark, c. 1600.

Aðföng
Purchased on Rostgaard's auction.

Hluti V ~ AM 770 c ε 4to

Tungumál textans
íslenska
5 (1r)
Excerpts of Landnámabók
Athugasemd

Crossed out.

Efnisorð
6 (1v-3r)
Eiríks saga rauða
7 (3r-5r)
Eiríks saga rauða
Athugasemd

On Eiríkr rauði Þorvaldsson, the Viking settlement of Greenland, the nature on Greenland and geograpical notes.

8 (5r-6r)
Eiríks saga rauða
Titill í handriti

Af Þorbirne Kalls efni

9 (6v-7r)
Notes
Athugasemd

Notes concerning produce on Greenland, the history of Greenland, Björn Einarsson's visit and Gunnbjörn's skerries.

10 (7v)
Notes on Grønland
Athugasemd

Crossed out.

Lýsing á handriti

Blaðefni

Paper.

Blaðfjöldi
9. Fols (1) and (7) are blank (see below). 162 mm x 102 mm
Tölusetning blaða

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.

Kveraskipan
  • I: (1), 1, 2, 3, 4
  • II: 5, 6, 7, (7)
Catchwords on fols 1r-2r, 3v, 4v, 5r-6v.
Umbrot

Written in long lines with 25-28 lines per page. Fols 1v and 7r have 11 and 10 preserved lines of text, respectively.

Ástand
The top half of fol. 1 and the bottom half of fol. 7 are excised and the text on fol. 1r and 7v is crossed out.
Skreytingar

Pen-flourished initialsin black ink occur on fols 1v and 5r.

Uppruni og ferill

Uppruni

Written in Iceland, s. XVII.

Hluti VI ~ AM 770 c ζ 4to

9
Churches in Greenland
Titill í handriti

Kirkiur ä Grænland

Tungumál textans
íslenska

Lýsing á handriti

Blaðefni

Paper.

Blaðfjöldi
1. 167 mm x 108 mm
Tölusetning blaða
One unfoliated leaf.
Umbrot

Written in one column with 15 written lines to the recto and 9 written lines to the verso.

Skrifarar og skrift

Written by Árni Magnússon.

Spássíugreinar og aðrar viðbætur
Below the text, on fol. 1v, Árni Magnússon added: Ex chartâ qvadam, in Islandiâ exſcriptum 1702 [Annotatum erat in margine Landnamæ Sigurdar ä Feriu].

Uppruni og ferill

Uppruni

Written in Iceland or Denmark, s. XVIII1/4.

Hluti VII ~ AM 770 c η 4to

10
The Death of Captain Otto Axelsen
Tungumál textans
íslenska
Efnisorð

Lýsing á handriti

Blaðefni

Paper.

Blaðfjöldi
2. The second leaf is blank. 165 mm x 107 mm
Tölusetning blaða
Unfoliated.
Kveraskipan
The two leaves are conjoint.
Umbrot
Written in one column with 14 written lines on the recto and 13 written lines of the verso of the first leaf. The second leaf is blank.
Skrifarar og skrift

Written by Árni Magnússon.

Uppruni og ferill

Uppruni

Written in Iceland or Denmark, s. XVIII1/4.

Hluti VIII ~ AM 770 c θ 4to

1 (1v-24r)
Gronlandica
Titill í handriti

Gronlandica

Athugasemd

Notes on literature concerning Greenland; titles of books, literary notes etc.

Fol. 15 is a printed advertisement.

Tungumál textans
íslenska (aðal); þýska; latína; enska

Lýsing á handriti

Blaðefni

Paper.

Blaðfjöldi
26 (1 + 25). The size of the leaves vary. Fol. 1 measures: c. 210 mm x 166 mm. Fols 2-24 measure: c. 165 mm x 110 mm Fols 25-26 measure: c. 250 mm x 162 mm
Tölusetning blaða
Foliated 1-24 (including 16 bis) in pencil in the bottom right-hand corners.
Kveraskipan
  • I: 1, 2, 3, 4+5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
  • II: 16+16bis (cover), 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25+26
Umbrot
Written in one column except from a table on fol. 3v. The text is written perpendicularly on fols 1r (the title Gronlandica), 3v, 14r and 15r-v. For the most part, the text is only written on the rectos.
Ástand
The first leaf previously served as a cover, in all probability, for the rest of the leaves which were all loose leaves. A horizontal folding line at the middle of the leaves indicates that it used to be folded.

Uppruni og ferill

Uppruni
Kålund did not indicate any place or date of origin for AM 770 c θ 4to but this part was presumably written in Denmark or Iceland in the beginning of the eighteenth century.
Ferill
Fols 16-26 are transferred from The Royal Library where they were catalogued as Add. 49 4to.

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