Manuscript Detail

Parchment.

Originally consisting of ten quires.

• I: Fols 1-2 (originally the fourth and fifth leaf of the first quire).
• II: Fols 3-8. Hereafter, the entire third quire is missing.
• IV: Fols 9-14. Two leaves are missing between fols 13 and 14.
• V: Fols 15-22. This quire is intact.
• VI: Fols 23-27. The second leaf (between fols 23 and 24) is missing.
• VII: Fols 28-30 The first three leaves are missing.
• VIII: Fols 28-30. The last three leaves are missing.
• IX: Fols 36-38. Only the first three leaves of this quire are preserved.
• X: Fols 39-40. There is a large lacuna between the two extant leaves.

As indicated above, there are several lacunae in the manuscript; Árni Magnússon marked the lacunae on the preceding leaves.

The first hand occurs on 1ra-40ra and is a gothic bookhand.

The second hand occurs on 40ra-40rb, is written is in a gothic cursive.

The third hand occurs on 40v and is a gothic cursive. The scribe calls himself Halvard Ruffe

The fourth hand also occurs on 40v and is a gothic cursive from the second half of the fourteenth century. The text is signed Martin Nielſsönn..

Rubrics in red and initials in various colours.

• On the first leaf some notes in Árni Magnússon's hand informs on some Norwegian Law Texts translated into Danish;
• fols 2-3 contain a copy of item 4
• fols 4-6 contain a copy of item 3.

Norway, s. XIV3/4 ( Seip 1955 233, 218 ) Kålund's dating: the second half of the fourteenth century ( Katalog I 376 ).

Item 5 is signed by Martin Nilssøn who presumably also was in the possession of the manuscript.

According to the AM-slip the manuscript belonged to Gerhard Miltzovfrom Voss.

Árni Magnússon acquired the manuscript in Bergen.