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AM 677 4to

Homily Book ; Iceland, 1200-1225

Note

The manuscripts consist of two, originally independent, main sections written by two different hands. The first section comprises the first six leaves, wile the other section comprises the last 35 leaves. Neither of those two parts are complete.

Menota has an electronic, diplomatic edition of the entire manuscript (Leeuw van Weenen, De xii abusivis saeculi, Prosper’s Epigrams, Gregory’s Homilies on the Gospels, Gregory’s Dialogues).

Contents

1 (1r)
De XII abusivis saeculi
Incipit

„ti af himni“

Explicit

„Cristr fra oss i orðno life.“

Bibliography

Þorvaldur Bjarnason, Leifar fornra kristinna fræða Íslenzkra1-2

Note

Contains the end of a pseudo-Cyprian work. The language contains some Norwegian idioms.

Language of Text
Old Norse
2 (1v-6v)
Prosper's Epigrams
Author

Prosper of Aquitan

Rubric

„liber sancti augvstini qvi dicitur prospeʀ“

Incipit

„Sa a eiɴ við alla omeiܤ“

Explicit

„þótt kostaverkin se unnin.“

Bibliography

Þorvaldur Bjarnason, Leifar fornra kristinna fræða Íslenzkra2-16

Language of Text
Old Norse
3 (7r-24v)
Omeliae XL in evangelia
Incipit

„ go haft“

Explicit

„undir hans vel|di ero“

Bibliography

Þorvaldur Bjarnason, Leifar fornra kristinna fræða Íslenzkra19-86

Language of Text
Old Norse
4 (25r-41v)
Dialogi Gregors páfa ens mikla
Incipit

„necquert fiɴ“

Explicit

„sialfs oc sagþiʀ“

Bibliography

Þorvaldur Bjarnason, Leifar fornra kristinna fræða Íslenzkra102-113, 143-150, 113-120, 87-102, 120-124, 128-143, 124-128

Language of Text
Old Norse

Physical Description

Support

Parchment.

No. of leaves
41.
Condition
The manuscript was incomplete when Árni Magnússon acquired it, and despite his inquiries he was unable to discover what was missing.

History

Origin
Written in Iceland in the beginning of the thirteenth century ( Konráð Gíslason 1846 p. xciv , Seip 1949 p. 10 and ( Hreinn Benediktsson 1965 p. xix ). Kålund's dating: c. 1200 ( Katalog II p. 94 ).
Provenance
On fol. 22v in his catalogue of Icelandic parchment manuscripts, AM 435 a 4to, Árni Magnússon noted thatthe manuscript originates from Kálfafell i Fljótshverfi, where it had been preserved in the church. Ísleifur and the people from Kálfafell were of the opinion that the book contained. Karlamagnús saga.
Acquisition
Árni Magnússon acquired the manuscript from the sýslumaður Ísleifur Einarsson.

Bibliography

Author: Leeuw van Weenen, Andrea
Title: De xii abusivis saeculi, Prosper’s Epigrams, Gregory’s Homilies on the Gospels, Gregory’s Dialogues
Title: Early Icelandic Script as illustrated in vernacular texts from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, Íslenzk Handrit, Series in folio
Editor: Hreinn Benediktsson
Scope: II
Author: Konráð Gíslason
Title: Um frum-parta Íslenzkrar túngu í fornöld
Title: Katalog over Den Arnamagnæanske Håndskriftsamling
Editor: Kålund, Kristian
Title: Leifar fornra kristinna fræða Íslenzkra. Codex Arna-Magnæanus 677 4° auk annara enna elztur brota af Íslenzkum guðfræðisritum
Editor: Þorvaldur Bjarnason
Title: , The Arna-Magnæan Manuscript 677, 4to : Pseudo-Cyprian Fragments / Prosper's Epigrams / Gregory's Homilies and Dialogues
Editor: Seip, Didrik Arup
Scope: XVIII
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