Skálholtsbók
As Skálholtsbók various manuscript collections are referred to in the book inventory of the Icelandic bishopric Skálholt come.
First the collective manuscript AM 557 4to. referred to as Skálholtsbók . It contains the "Valdimars saga", the "Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu", the "Hallfreðar saga vandræðaskálds", the "Hrafns saga Sveinbjarnarsonar", the "Eiríks saga rauða", the "Rögnvalds þáttur og Rauðmusta," the "Hróa þáttur heimska", the "Eiríks saga víðförla", the "Stúfs saga", the "Karls þáttur vesæla" and the "Sveinka þáttur". Only four of them are fully reproduced: "Eiríks saga rauða", "Rögnvalds þáttur og Rauðs", "Stúfs saga" and "Karls þáttur vesæla". Only sections of different lengths are included from the rest.
The term Skálholtsbók is also used for three other manuscripts:
The Skálholtsbók eldri (AM 351 fol.) Is a collection of laws from the 14th century. It contains the Jónsbók , (the successor law to Járnsíða ), amendments to the laws, the old canon law from the 12th century and the canon law of Bishop Árni Þorláksson , the tithe law of Bishop Gissur from 1097 and many decisions by the archbishops and bishops of Skálholt .
The Skálholtsbók yngri (AM 354 fol.), Which was written around 1400, contains further legal texts: Bishop Árnis Christian law, papal decrees, those of the archbishops and bishops of Skálholt and the Jónsbók with extensions.
The Skálholtsbók yngsti (AM 81a fol.) Was written around 1450 and contains the "Sverris saga", the "Böglunga sögur" (about the civil war between Baglers and Birkebeinern after the death of King Sverre ) and the "Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar".
Remarks
- ↑ AM is the abbreviation for the Arnamagnæan Institute in Reykjavík. The number is the catalog number of the manuscript collection.
literature
- Rudolf Simek , Hermann Pálsson : Lexicon of old Norse literature. The medieval literature of Norway and Iceland (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 490). 2nd, significantly increased and revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-520-49002-5 .
- without author, The Árni Magnússon Institute in Iceland: The rythmic office of St. Þorlákur and other medieval manuscripts from the see of Skálholt . Exhibition catalog.