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.
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]
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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.
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]
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