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the first printed edition (1612). It is impossible to determine
his immediate source.
53. Skdld-Helga rimur. AJ has quite a short passage on Skåld-
Helgi in Specimen (III 3404 13). He had thought of introducing
such a passage already in Gronlandia, but did not do so, pre-
sumably because he was not able to obtain an account of Skald-
Helgi, see introduction to Gronlandia, p. 335 below. Nothing is
found in the passage in Specimen which cannot be derived from
the rimur and Landnåmabok, so that there is no reason to sup-
pose AJ to have had any other account. Nothing definite can be
said about his direct source, but it may be noted that the rimur
are included in AM 604 4to, cf. above under no. 15.
54. Brandanus saga. A note in Brevis comm. (I 408) on the
Brandan-legend suggests that AJ probably knew it in an Icelandic
manuscript, though there is now only a single leaf of a Norwe-
gian manuscript of the saga in existence, see note ad loc.
55. Konungs skuggsjd. AJ used this work in Brevis comm.,
Gronlandia and Specimen, see I 2i7-2213, 424, II 23418-25,
23522-29) 23h1-5, III 29513-25. In Brevis comm. and in Specimen
the work is named Speculum regale, and in the last passage of
those just mentioned there is a verbatim quotation. AJ’s text
shows closest agreement with manuscript AM 243 e fol., although
it cannot be proved that this was the manuscript he used, see note
to III 2 9 513-25. AM 243 e fol. appears to have been in the west
of Iceland in the first half of the seventeenth century, see Bibi.
Arnam. XIII 44—5.
5 <5. Rimbegla. A note in Crymogæa (II 6734~35) is derived
from Rim II (see AlfræSi isl. II). The passage does not permit
any conclusion as to AJ’s immediate source.
57. Fjardatal. In Crymogæa (II 2020-21) AJ made use of a
list of the fjords in Iceland. Such a list is known in several sourc-
es, but none of them agrees perfectly with AJ’s text. It is pos-
sible, however, that he used the list in Stockh. Perg. 8:0 no. 5, the
original manuscript of Gottskålksannall, cf. note to II 2020.
5<?. Tylftatal. A list of the point-to-point distances round the
Icelandic coast was used by AJ in Brevis comm. and Crymogæa,
see I 1636, II i919-31, 2018-18 and notes. Such a list is known in
several manuscripts, but AJ’s precise source cannot be determined.