Codex Frisianus

Codex Frisianus or Fríssbók (shelfmark AM 45 fol. in the Arnamagnæanske samling) is a manuscript of the early fourteenth century (c. 1300–1325).[1] Among its 124 folios, it contains Heimskringla (without the Saga of Saint Olaf) and Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar.

Part of Haralds saga hárfagra in the Codex Frisianus

Origins and history

The manuscript might have been written in Iceland and soon moved into Norway[2] or have been composed in Norway.[3] It was found in Bergen in 1550 and brought to Denmark before 1600, when it was acquired by the collector Otto Friis, from whom it takes its name.[3] It then came into the possession of Jens Rosenkrantz before being bought in 1695 by Árni Magnússon. The latter gave it at his death (1730) to the University of Copenhagen.[4]

Facsimiles and transcriptions
  • Codex Frisianus: (Sagas of the kings of Norway): MS. no. 45 fol. in the Arnamagnæan Collection in the University Library of Copenhagen, ed. by Halldór Hermannsson, Corpus codicum Islandicorum medii aevi, 4 (Copenhagen: Levin & Munksgaard, 1932) (facsimile)
  • Codex Frisianus: en samling af norske kongesagaer: udgiven efter offentlig foranstaltning, ed. by C. R. Unger (Christiania: Malling, 1871)[5]
  • Codex Membranaceus Arnamagnæanus nr. 45 in folio ex nomine quondam possessoris Ottonis Frisii dictus Codex Frisianus, ed. by P. Petersen (Christiania, 1864)

References
  1. Thunberg, Carl L., Särkland och dess källmaterial [Serkland and its source material], (Göteborgs universitet. CLTS, 2011), pp. 61-67. ISBN 978-91-981859-3-5.
  2. Andersson, Theodore M., Gade, Kari Ellen, Morkinskinna: the earliest Icelandic chronicle of the Norwegian kings (1030-1157), Islandica, LI (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2000), p. 8. ISBN 0-8014-3694-X
  3. Hollander, Lee M., Snorri Sturluson. Heimskringla: history of the kings of Norway (Austin: University of Texas Press for the American-Scandinavian Foundation, 2005), p. xxiv. ISBN 0-292-73061-6
  4. "Codex Frisianus -- Fríssbók -- Konungabók -- No... | Manuscript | Handrit.is". Archived from the original on 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  5. Codex Frisianus.En samling af norske konge-sagaer. Norske historiske kildeskriftfonds skrifter,9. Christiania. hdl:2027/hvd.32044084740760.

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