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23110 Frisius: See Cosmographia 1584, p. 147, where it is told
that the two pirates “Pinnigt & Pothorst” placed a nautical qua-
drant on the rock “Weyszarch” between Greenland and Iceland,
a story which is moreover already to be found in Olaus Magnus
(Historia, lib. II cap. xi), cf. Grønl. hist. Mindesm. III 475-81,
and Islandica XXV 78—80.
2^j 12-15 The assertion that Hvitserkur and Snæfellsjokuli can
both be seen at the same time in clear weather certainly came to
AJ through oral tradition, as indeed his words imply. A similar
legend is recorded by Bjorn Jonsson of SkarSså in AM 115 8vo
(see Grønl. hist. Mindesm. I 123), where admittedly Blåserkur
is named in place of Hvitserkur, whilst the story is ascribed to a
named source, the priest Einar Snorrason (t ca. 1538). Cf. also
Grønl. hist. Mindesm. III 490-91; Qualiscunque descr. Islan-
diae, 1928, p. 31.—On the facts which ultimately lie behind this
tradition, see Skirnir 1943, pp. 205—06.
2^ji8-28 prom Gripla, see Grønl. hist. Mindesm. III 224.
2322 Franciscus Lopes: Francisco Lopez de Gomara (t 1560;
see note to II 23012) in Historia general de las Indias, 1552 and
later, quoted here from Gemma Frisius, Cosmographia 1584,
p. 160 (11. 3-6) and p. 166 (11. 6-10); verbatim.
23211 Hieronymus Tarraconensis: See note to II 23012; quoted
here from Gemma Frisius, Cosmographia 1584, p. 167 (11. 12—
14) and p. 168 (11. 15-21).
23219 Faja: Faiala Gemma Frisius.
23225 recentiores: Gemma Frisius, op. cit. p. 168 (fromHiero-
nimo Girava Tarraconensis).
23225—2335 Printet Jn Th. Torfæus, Gronlandia antiqva, pp.
34-5, from AM 773 b 4to; at the beginning of the passage in
this manuscript Torfæus has written: “Gronlandiæ meæ p. 34 ad
finem capitis”.
2332-5 From Samsons saga fagra (see J. Wilson’s edition,
1953, pp. 31—2). The manuscripts have practically identical
readings in this passage, but there are the following small varia-
tions in AJ’s text: 1. 2 til: + austurs ok; 3 liggur: Fa liggr; Jxar:
omitted (except in AM 589 b 4to); 4 oc2: enn; obygder: +
geingr; 5 oc - ymsar: ]xat byggia ymissar. These variants can be
due to AJ’s inaccuracy and need not indicate that he used a now