Codex Frisianus

Part of Haralds saga hárfagra in the 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.

## Origins and history

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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

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* 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

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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. ^ a b 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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