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AM 13 fol.

Jómsvíkinga saga ; Iceland, 1632-1672

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Jómsvíkinga saga

Rubric

„Hier Byriaſt Saga af Joms wijkingum.“

Filiation

Copy of AM 510 4to (Petersens: Jómsvíkinga saga & Jómsvíkingadrápa (1879), p. xxviii; Fornmanna sögur, XI: p. 7).

Incipit

„Madur er nefndur Toke hann var i Danmork“

Explicit

„til Islands og sagde þar fyrstr manna þesse Tydinnde“

Final Rubric

Og lijkur hier Jomsvijkinga Sogu. Geyme Gud þann er ritade. Og þa sem lesa og tilhlijda bæde þessa heims og annars Amen

Language of Text

Icelandic

Text Class

Kings' sagas

Physical Description

Support

Handmade paper with watermarks.

No. of leaves

iii + 48 + iii. 285-290 mm x 175-180 mm.

Foliation

Modern foliation in red ink (1-48) by Kålund. Due to wet processing this is now faded. An additional modern foliation in pencil is found (1-48).

Collation

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)

There are no quire signatures. There are catchwords on fols. 1v, 8v, 16v, 24v, 32v and 40v.

Layout

The text is written in one column with 28-29 lines per page and 11-14 words per line.
The written area measures ca. 230-235 mm x 130-135 mm.
There are running titles.

Condition

Fol. 1, which is a replacement for the riginal first leaf, is shorter than the other leaves, as the lower margin was excised.

There are holes from overcast stitches in the inner margins throughout the manuscript.

The leaves show some stains from and older repairs done with coloured Japanese tissue.

At the quire boundaries, the pages (except for fol. 1r) are slightly dirtier and more discoloured than the rest.

The leaves have been trimmed, causing some damage to the running titles.

The leaves have been washed during restoration, which has caused the red foliation to fade.

Script

Written by Jón Erlendsson.

Decoration

On fol. 1r there is a plain first initial spanning 2 lines. Other initials within the text span 1-2 lines. Most initials in the text are emphasised by means of bold lines and sometimes additional hairlines and strokes. Occasionally, the initials are decorated with floral ornaments.

Additions

The second front flyleaf carries the same information as the AM-slip, though written by another scribe: Jómsvikinga Saga úr bók Þorbiargar Vikfussdóttur, frá Sera Þorde Jons syne a Stadarstad.

There is a scribal addition in the margin of fol. 17v.

A different hand made additions and corrections to the text on fol. 38r.

Binding

The manuscript is bound in a full parchment binding from Árni Magnússon's time with laced-in single endband supports. The remains of two stickers for the shelfmark and the running title are found. The title of the text is written on the spine with brown ink, presumably by Árni Magnússon.

Accompanying Material

An AM-slip (100 mm x 107 mm) in Árni Magnússon's hand is glued onto the verso-side of the first front flyleaf: Jomsvikinga Saga ur bok Þorbiargar Vigfussdottur fra Sera Þorde Jonssyne a Stadarstad

History

Origin

The manuscript was written in Iceland. Kålund dates it to the seventeenth century (Katalog I, p. 11).

Provenance

The manuscript has been in the the possession of Þorbjörg Vigfússdóttir and, subsequently, Þórdur Jónsson (see the AM-slip).

Acquisition

Árni Magnússon received the manuscript from Þórdur Jónsson.

Additional

Record History

Catalogued September 28, 2015 by BS.

Updated December 05, 2023 by Jakob Þrastarson.

Surrogates

Microfilm pictures from 1998.
A4 pictures from 1980 and portraits from 1998.

Bibliography

Title: Fornmanna sögur, Jómsvíkíngasaga ok Knýtlingasaga með tilheyrandi þáttum
Scope: IX

Title: Jómsvíkinga saga & Jómsvíkingadrápa
Editor: Petersens, Carl

Title: Katalog over Den Arnamagnæanske Håndskriftsamling
Editor: Kålund, Kristian