Manuscript Detail

AM 243 l fol.

Speculum regale ; Iceland, 1400-1450

Contents

Speculum regale
Incipit

„Sanníndí geck fram“

Explicit

„borginne ne folkínu er í uar “

Language of Text
Old Norse
Text Class
Philosophy ; Text-books ; Ethics

Physical Description

Support

Parchment.

No. of leaves
15. 185 mm x 130 mm.
Foliation

Paginated 1-29 on the rectos.

Layout

Major initials are in more than one colur, minor initials are colour-stroked in red.

Condition

A leaf is missing between leaf 4 and 5.

Binding

Kålund binding with parchment spine and corners; the boards are covered by yellowish marbled paper.
Accompanying Material
On a slip pasted to the front Árni Magnússon wrote: feinged af Magnuse Jonsſyne ä Leyrä. A similar note is found in AM 435 a 4to, fol. 150v

History

Origin
Written in Iceland in the first half of the fifteenth century ( Finnur Jónsson 1920 p. 36 ). . Kålund's dating: c. 1500 ( Katalog ).

Bibliography

Title: Kongs-skugg-sio utlögd a daunsku og latinu, Det Kongelige Speil med dansk og latinsk Oversættelse, Speculum Regale cum interpretatione danica et latina variis lectionibus, notis &c.
Editor: Halfdan Hálfdan Einersen Einarsson
Title: Katalog over Den Arnamagnæanske Håndskriftsamling
Editor: Kålund, Kristian
Title: Konungs skuggsjá: Speculum regale
Editor: Finnur Jónsson
Title: Speculum regale: Ein altnorwegischer Dialog nach Cod. Arnamagn. 243 Fol. B und den ältesten Fragmenten
Editor: Brenner, Oscar
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