Detaljer om håndskriftet

There are two different foliations; one in pencil on the middle of the bottom of the recto-sides, beginning on the first leaf in the book, and one in ink in the upper right corner of every recto-side, beginning on the first page of the first law book. The pencil foliation has a mistake: it skips from f. 129 to f. 170.

• I: pastedown + 7, flyleaf + 6, 2+5, 3+4
• II: ff. 8-15 (8+15, 9+14, 10+13, 11+12)
• III: ff. 16-23 (16+23, 17+22, 18+21, 19+20)
• IV: ff. 24-31 (24+31, 25+30, 26+29, 27+28)
• V: ff. 32-39 (32+39, 33+38, 34+37, 35+36)
• VI: ff. 40-47 (40+47, 41+46, 42+45, 43+44)
• VII: ff. 48-55 (48+55, 49+54, 50+53, 51+52)
• VIII: ff. 56-59 (56+59, 57+58)
• IX: ff. 60-67 (60+67, 61+66, 62+65, 63+64)
• X: ff. 68-75 (68+75, 69+74, 70+73, 71+72)
• XI: ff. 76-83 (76+83, 77+82, 78+81, 79+80)
• XII: ff. 84-91 (84+91, 85+90, 86+89, 87+88)
• XIII: ff. 92-99 (92+99, 93+98, 94+97, 95+96)
• XIV: ff. 100-107 (100+107, 101+106, 102+105, 103+104)
• XV: ff. 108-115 (108+115, 109+114, 110+113, 111+112)
• XVI: ff. 116-123 (116+123, 117+122, 118+121, 119+120)
• XVII: ff. 124-171 (124+171, 125+170, 126+129, 127+128)(erroneaous foliation)
• XVIII: ff. 172-179 (172+179, 173+178, 174+177, 175+176)
• XIX: ff. 180-187 (180+187, 181+186, 182+185, 183+184)
• XX: ff. 188-195 (188+195, 189+194, 190+193, 191+192)
• XXI: ff. 196-203 (196+203, 197+202, 198+201, 199+200)
• XXII: ff. 204-pastedown (204-pastedown, 205+2010, 206+209, 207+208)

The manuscript is single-columned, and has 30-32 lines per page in the first part of the book and 18-20 in the later additions. The last written page in the book, written in a different hand, has 15 lines

The text column measures approx. 140 mm mm x 110 mm mm

The manuscript is in good condition and the leaves are only slightly yellowed.

On f. 8 a piece has been cut away from the upper corner, possibly an owner's name.

On every first leaf of the law books in King Magnus the Lawmender’s Norwegian National Law, there are traces of fingertabs on the outer edges.

Three different hands have contributed to the main part of the manuscript, and an unknown number of hands have written in the margins. One of the hands in the margin is probably also responsible for the last page in the manuscript.

There are red initials from f. 8r-178v

There are miniatures on the front and back pastedowns and also on the first end-leaf.

The table of contents for King Magnus the Lawmender’s Norwegian National Law is decorated in different ways. There are red initials at the title of each of the eight law books. The books have been numbered in green ink. Over the number e.g. ”6: LIB:” (f. 13v), is a line wiht a curve on top. In green ink is also written ”CAP” and ”FOLIO” over left and right side of the text column respecively, where the number of the chapter and a reference to the relevant f. is given.

After the preface and table of contents, and after the last paragraph of each law book of King Magnus the Lawmender’s Norwegian National Law, there are large flourished knots in the same ink as the text.

In the table of contents for the fourth, fifth, sixth and eighth book, the chapter numbers have been changed by glueing down paper on top of the old numbers, and rewriting on top. Any letters that were covered in the proces, have been extended to the new piece of paper. The original numbers have a line drawn on top, but this has not been done for the new numbers on the glued-down paper. The glue seems to have caused the leaves to contract, so that they are now uneven under the new strips of paper.

There is no AM-slip.

It is noted in Storm: Norges Gamle Love indtil 1387, that the first part of the manuscript was written in Norway, and that the later additions were written after the manuscript came to Denmark.

Kålunds KatalogI dates the manuscript to the end of the sixteenth century.

It is not known how Árni Magnússon acquired the manuscript