AM 732 b 4to
Encyclopedia ; Iceland, 1300-1399
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Tekstens sprog
Indhold
Treatise on the Tides
Copy of a part of the computistic notes found in AM 415 4to.
„vatní enn aðrar planete ſem alt þat er ſia ma“
„þa er fiara i miðian .dag. ok i miðia nott“
Explaining how the motions of the sun and the moon cause the tides.
Mnemonics and Computistic Notes
„Legimus in epistolis grecorum quod post passionem“
„enn nu er idus junij“
Kålund: Alfræði Íslenzk: Islandsk encyklopædisk LitteraturIIs. 235-239
Comprising e.g. a note on how to determine the date of the Paschal full moon and an alliterative mnemonic poem on how to memorise the dates of the same moon. Provided with explanations in Old Norse on the error in the Julian calendar.
Connected to a diagram of the wind rose. According to Kedwards 2020, 57 the text is excerpted from Isidore’s Etymologies.
„ÞA er tungl i ſaumu ætt af iordo at lita ok sol“
„þessa hluti máttu giǫr prófa í þessi figuru“
Kålund: Alfræði Íslenzk: Islandsk encyklopædisk LitteraturIIs. 239
Note on the Distances between the Earth and the Moon and the Moon and the Sun
Kålund: Alfræði Íslenzk: Islandsk encyklopædisk LitteraturIIs. 239
In the top and bottom of fol. 3v, a later hand added the Latin names of the seven heavens.
Mostly mnemonics. After the first half of fol. 5v, a Latin verse in drottkvætt is found. In the bottom of fol. 5v, two prohibitions against stealing the codex in Latin and heksameter with a translation into Latin, are found.
The Zodiac
„MACROBIUS DIOCENS“
„Sva telr makrobiuſ at planetur voro undir þessum ſtiornum“
„þa hafa þeir gengit 600 daga af ſinum hringum“
Kålund: Alfræði Íslenzk: Islandsk encyklopædisk LitteraturIIs. 239-242
Illustrated by concentric circles ved et system af koncentriske cirkler med påskrift og tilhørende forklaring.
The Signs before Doomsday and the Hebrew Alphabet
„eronimus in annalibus“
Containing a note on canonicæ horæ.
Short Pieces
Note on St. Klinianus Martyrdom
Note on 1/16 of the Heighth of Christ
Including an explanation in Icelandic and Latin on how to use this sign as an amulet.
Moral Notes
Kålund: Alfræði ÍslenzkIII 66?
Below this a note on Orosius in Icelandic and three philological notes, partly in cipher.
Finnur Jónsson: Lønskrift og lejlighedsoptegnelser fra et par islandske håndskrifter190
Partly in cipher.
Finnur Jónsson: Lønskrift og lejlighedsoptegnelser fra et par islandske håndskrifter190
One lausavísa (Meyiar bad) in cipher and another lausavísa beginning pater ertu.
„.a. .p. .a. .t. .G. .c. .L. .v. .L. .S. .S. .c.“
„Hit fyrsta efni mark j zodiako heitir arieſ“
„En eptri lutr ſteíng“
Kålund: Alfræði Íslenzk: Islandsk encyklopædisk LitteraturIIs. 243-246Ed. D
Concerning the constellations of the zodiac given abbreviated names and starting with Aquarius. Stops abruptly in the middle of fol. 9v; the rest of the page is filled in with rows of Arabic numeral characters.
Fysisk Beskrivelse / Kodikologi
Parchment.
2r: The wind rose showing the twelve winds and their directions.
3r: Hemispherical world map (a mappa mundi). A circular depiction of the constellations of the sun, the moon and the earth along with the position of the continents. The text inside the mappa mundi was published in Altnordische Kosmographie, 407 . A translation into German is added below the Old Norse text.
3v: The astronomical system shown in a figure formed by concentric circles into which the four elements, the seven heavens and the planets are inscribed.
6r: A drawing of the zodiac as a twelve-partite system of concentric circles along with superscriptions and a written explanation.
7v: A system of circles illustrating the lunar circle during a lunar year. Below four minor circles and a square indicating the numbering of days of each month.
7r A map of the labyrinth (vlundar hűs).
8v A map of Jerusalem with drawings of the main buildings and monuments and superscriptions in Latin. The map is similar to the one found in Hauksbók. (AM 455 4to). Most recently edited in Kedwards 202051Fig. 7..
The map is similar to the ones in AM 736 I 4to (fol. 2v) and Hauksbók (AM 544 4to, fol. 19r) and they are most possibly copied from the same exemplar.
8r: A human hand illustrating computistic rules finger counting.
Historie og herkomst
Bibliografi
Titel: The Mappae mundi of Medieval Iceland, Studies in Old Norse literature
Redaktør: Finnur Jónsson
Omfang: 185-194
Redaktør: Beckman, N., Kålund, Kristian
Omfang: II: Rímtöl
Redaktør: Kålund, Kristian
Omfang: III: Landalýsingar m. fl
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×- Treatise on the Tides
- Mnemonics and Computistic Notes
- Text about the Winds
- Tidal Note
- Note on the Distances between the Earth and the Moon and the Moon and the Sun
- Note on the Diameter of the Sun
- On the Lenght of the Day and the Course of the Sun
- Grammatical Notes
- The Zodiac
- The Signs before Doomsday and the Hebrew Alphabet
- Short Pieces
- Computistic Rule Using Finger Calculation
- Calculations of Money and Weight
- Two Lausavísur
- The Signs of the Zodiac