Skráningarfærsla handrits

Paper with watermark (coat of arms with lily and the letters "NRO" as a countermark).

• I: fols. 1-8 (1, 2+7, 3+6, 4+5, 8)
• II: fols. 9-16 (9+16, 10+15, 11+14, 12+13)
• III: fols. 17-24 (17+24, 18+23, 19+22, 20+21)
• IV: fols. 25-32 (25+32, 26+31, 27+30. 28+29)
• V: fols. 33-40 (33+40, 34+39, 35+38, 36+37)
• VI: fols. 41-48 (41+48, 42+47, 43+46, 44+45)
• VII: fols. 49-56 (49+56, 50+55, 51+54, 52+53)
• VIII: fols. 57-64 (57+64, 58+63, 59+62, 60+61)
• IX: fols. 65-73 (65+73, 66+72, 67+71, 68+70, 69) [Fol. 69 is a small slip.]
• X: fols. 74-81 (74+81, 75+80, 76+79, 77+78)
• XI: fols. 82-89 (82+89, 83+88, 84+87, 85+86)
• XII: fols. 90-97 (90+97, 91+96, 92+95, 93+94)
• XIII: fols. 98-105 (98+105, 99+104, 100+103, 101+102)

• The text is written in one column with 20-23 lines per page and 7-12 words per line.
• The written area measures ca. 160 mm x 120 mm.
• Stanzas are marked with a small "v" in the margins.

The paper is relatively clean with only a few stains.

Fols. 1r, 8v-9r, 16v-17r etc. (i.e. the pages at the quire boundaries) are slightly darker and more stained than the rest. Fol. 1r is darker than the other pages.

The scribe has not yet been identified.

The initials on the first page span up to 3 lines and are richly decorated by means of, among others, flourishing, curls and bold lines.

Other initials are smaller (1-2 lines) and sometimes emphasised by means of bold lines or additional strokes and loops.

On the verso of the third front flyleaf, the note Hannc Chartiam Vigrensem Voco. et per. Vig. noto in brown ink can be read.

Fol. 69 is a small slip (50 mm x 97 mm) which is pasted onto fol. 70. It contains an addition to the text written by the scribe.

An AM-slip (165 mm x 105 mm) is attached on the recto-side of the third front flyleaf of the manuscript. One of Árni Magnússon's scribes wrote the following message, which was corrected and altered by Árni Magnússon: Knytlinga Sỏgu ä Vice Lỏgmadurenn, komna ur Vigur, Og skrifada epter þvi exemplari er Sira Helgi Olafsson kom med ur Sviariki annad hvert af Sira Helga sialfum eda ỏdrum, epter hans exemplare id nunc non meminit. er i 4to, byriar ä Sveini Kongi, (eins og Wormii charta., ,cujus apographum habeo). Relatio ipsius. Þadan mun Sira Vigfuss Gudbrands sonar exemplar vera. On the verso-side of the slip Árni Magnússon wrote: Lỏgmadrenn Pall Jónsson ä ennnu annad exemplar, in folio, komed sỏmuleidis fra Vigur.

The manuscript was written in Iceland. Kålund dates it to the second half of the seventeenth century (Katalog II, s. 290).

According to the AM-slip, Árni Magnússon had this manuscript from Páll Vídalín who had acquired it from Vigur.

• Microfilm images from 1988.