Kjeldsen, Axel Speed. AM 162 A δ fol

• Author: Kjeldsen, Axel Speed
• Title: AM 162 A δ fol De ældste pergamentfragmenter af Egils saga efter forarbejder af Jón Helgason
• Published in: Opuscula 12
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• Year: 2005
• Pages: 71-153
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• Reference: Kjeldsen, Axel Speed. "AM 162 A δ fol De ældste pergamentfragmenter af Egils saga efter forarbejder af Jón Helgason." Opuscula 12 (2005): 71-153.

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This article is a diplomatic edition of the Egils saga fragment AM 162 A δ fol, which in its present state consists of eight leaves. The introduction focuses on the question of dating and on the possible relationship of the fragment to a particular group of manuscripts. According to some previous scholars the scribe of AM 162 A δ fol was identical with the scribe of AM 162 E fol, AM 325 III β 4to, Holm perg 18 4to (hand G), GKS 1009 fol and AM 655 XXXII 4to. The inclusion of AM 655 XXXII 4to is clearly erroneous, and although the writing of GKS 1009 fol shares more common features with the other manuscripts, neither of the scribes of GKS 1009 fol can be identical with the scribe of the others. In the case of AM 162 E fol, AM 325 III β 4to and Holm perg 18 4to (hand G) the situation is less clear. The palaeographic and orthographic features of these three manuscripts are therefore compared with the corresponding features of AM 162 A δ fol. The present editor finds it most likely that AM 162 A δ fol, AM 162 E fol and AM 325 III β 4to are in fact written by the same scribe, whereas Holm perg 18 4to (hand G) seems to be the work of another (related) scribe. In ONP the fragment is dated to c. 1300, and this dating seems to be confirmed by the palaeographic and orthographic features examined in the introduction.

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• Written by: Axel Speed Kjeldsen
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