Manuscript Detail

AM 779 a 4to

(1r-48v)

Author

Rubric

„Grænlands Chronica“

Filiation

Note

The now hardly legible fol. 1 contains a preface by the translator, signed G.Þ.s..

Language of Text

Icelandic

Support

Paper.

No. of leaves

48. Fol. 3v is blank. 157 mm x 102 mm

Condition

Fol. 1 is badly worn.

Additions

Fols 2r-3r and 47r-48v are added in another hand.

Origin

Iceland, s. XVII.

Provenance

For some time, AM 779 a-b 4to were part of the collection in the Royal Library, catalogued as NKS 346 c-d 8vo. In April 1888 the manuscripts were returned to the Arnamagnæan Collection.

Title: Katalog over Den Arnamagnæanske Håndskriftsamling
Editor: Kålund, Kristian