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AM 668 4to

Miscellany ; Iceland, 1400-1450

1 (1ra-rb)

No Title

Note

Supplement from the sixteenth century

Text Class

Law

1.1 (1ra)

On Perjury

Incipit

„Huer ſem ſuer rangann bokar eid“

Bibliography

Bekker-Nielsen, Et brudstykke af Kongespejlet 107:29-108:8

Language of Text

Icelandic

Text Class

Law

1.2 (1ra-rb)

Formula for Establishing the District Assembly

Bibliography

Bekker-Nielsen: Et brudstykke af Kongespejlet 108:9-27

Language of Text

Icelandic

Text Class

Law

1.3 (1rb)

Formula for Ending the District Assembly

Bibliography

Bekker-Nielsen: Et brudstykke af Kongespejlet 108:28-109:6

Language of Text

Icelandic

Text Class

Law

2 (1va-vb)

Speculum regale

Incipit

„ſkavmm vid ſkilizt“

Note

Described as Opbyggelige betragtninger (Contemplations for Edification) and vistnok en prologus (possibly a prologue) in Kålund's Catalogue Katalog II 82 .

Language of Text

Old Norse

Text Class

Text-books ; Ethics

3 (1v)

Index

Bibliography

Bekker-Nielsen: Et brudstykke af Kongespejlet 109:11-15

Note

Written when the codex was complete

Text Class

Tables of contents / indexes

4 (3ra-vb)

Vitæ patrum

Incipit

„þetta ſagdi hann“

Explicit

„til ins heilaga fav “

Bibliography

Unger: Heilagra Manna Søgur I 534-542 Ed. Fr

Language of Text

Old Norse

Text Class

Saint's sagas

5 (2ra-2vb)

Barlaams saga ok Jósafats

Bibliography

Rindal: Barlaams ok Josaphats saga Ed. m

Language of Text

Old Norse

Text Class

Saint's sagas

5.1 (2ra-vb)

No Title

Incipit

„ vid ath ſkirazt j vatne“

Explicit

„j okvnnann ſtadþa “

5.2 (4ra-vb)

No Title

Incipit

„ ath þeir gledizt“

Explicit

„er ek hefi ſva haleitvm herra“

Physical Description

Support

Parchment. Fol. 1r is a palimpsest.

No. of leaves

4. 270 mm x 196 mm

Layout

Written in two columns. Rubrics in red ink, initials in various colours of ink.

Condition

The four leaves are badly worn and crumbling and damaged due to trimming of the leaves. The bottom half of fol. 2 is excised. At places the text is illegible due to wear and tear.

Accompanying Material

On an AM-slip, a copy of the aforementioned index in Árni Magnússon's hand is found: Fyſt  þeſſi bok er vitas patrvm. þa æuentyrid af | iungfru ſancte Marie vm favſtuna annvnciacions æuentyr | af ſancte avnnv hver hana, heidrar vpp  þridio dag. Ep|ter þat er barlaams ſaga. þa ineſſv dygdir. þar eptir | er Michaels ſaga. Sidazt  bokinne erv nockvr | æventyr avllvm kriſtnum monnum til nytſemdar.