Manuscript Detail

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AM 55 4to

Guta lag, 1590-1610

Full Title

GVLLANS LOVF:

Language of Text
Danish

Contents

1 (1bisr-2v)
Register
Rubric

„Catalogvs Capitvlorvm Jvris Gotlandici“

Text Class
Tables of contents / indexes
2 (3r-59r)
Guta lag
Rubric

„Her beginnis gullands Lou“

Incipit

„Dette er først for alt ophaab oc begindelsse vdi vor lou:“

Explicit

„oc staa bag i kircken“

Note

Fol. 68r contains a first attempt at the text that has been re-written on 14r.

Language of Text
Danish
Text Class
Law
3 (60v)
Description of Gotlandic coinage
Text Class
Tables of contents / indexes
4 (61r-65v)
Register
Rubric

„Register offuer Dhen Gullenske Louff“

Text Class
Tables of contents / indexes

Physical Description

Support
Paper.
No. of leaves
70 (69 + 1bis). 220 mm x 163 mm
Foliation

The main scribe has paginated 2-113 on every recto and verso from 3v-59r. A later hand has foliated 1+1bis-69 on every recto.

Collation

  • I: 1+2, 1v+1b
  • II: 3+8, 4+7, 5+6
  • III: 9+12, 10+11
  • IV: 13+69b, 32+67, 35+66, 40+65, 47+64, 52+63
  • V: 14+25, 15+24, 16+23, 17+22, 18+21, 19+20
  • VI: 26+29, 27+28
  • VII: 30+31
  • VIII: 33+34
  • IX: 36+39, 37+38
  • X: 41+46, 42+45, 43+44
  • XI: 48+49
  • XII: 50+51
  • XIII: 53+60, 54+59, 55+58, 56+57
  • XIV: 61+62
  • XV: 68+69

The letter B can be found on 13r; otherwise there are no quire signatures. There are catchwords on nearly every page.
Layout

  • The text is written in one column with 17 to 21 lines per page.
  • The written area measures 155-175 mm x 130 mm.

Condition

The manuscript is in generally good condition.

Script

A single hand has written the main text using a cursive script.

Claus Christophersen Lyschander has written items 1 and 4 and has made marginal notes in the main text.

Decoration

New chapters begin with enlarged initials.

Additions

Fol. 69v contains some pen trials.

Binding

The binding is made of repurposed parchment originally containing a Latin missal. The title IVS | GOTLAN|DICVM is written on the front cover.

A paper cover once served as the outermost cover and contains the title DEN | GAMLE | GVLLANDS | LOW. During restoration in 2013, this paper cover was removed and placed in a plastic sleeve.

History

Origin

Kålund, Katalog Ip. 375 dates it to ca. 1600.

Provenance

The manuscript was owned by Claus Christophersen Lyschander, who wrote items 1 and 4. Árni Magnússon purchased the manuscript from Frederik Rostgaard's collection in 1726 for 1 mark and 8 shillings.

Additional

Record History

Catalogued September 06, 2017 by SDV.
Surrogates

  • Black and white photographs from 1981; supplementary photographs from 1982.
  • Digital portraits before restauration taken in 2012; after restauration in 2014.
  • Digital photographs of the entire manuscript taken in 2017.

Bibliography

Title: Corpus juris Sueo-Gotorum antiqui : Samling af Sweriges Gamla Lagar, Gotlandslagen. Codex juris Gotlandici
Editor: Collin, H. S., Schlyter, C. J.
Scope: VII
Title: Katalog over Den Arnamagnæanske Håndskriftsamling
Editor: Kålund, Kristian
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