Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana - 01.06.1959, Blaðsíða 56
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Pseudo-T ur pin
Aspremont
Speculum Historiale
Kms Aa
Tveggja Postola Saga
K/ns Bb
In the last branch of the saga, there is again a connection between the
Kms and the T.P.S., but this time, we are in the unfortunate position
that the Aa version of branch X is lost, and even B and b do not agree.
Unger’s edition is misleading at this point, as the editor has chosen to
follow b, not B. In Unger’s edition, the branch consists of 8 chapters.
Chapters 1-3 are another version of Charlemagne’s pilgrimage to Jerusa-
lem and Constantinople, derived from the Speculum Historiale (lib.
XXIV cap. III-V). Chapters 4-5 are the story of the martyr “Sallinus”
and his miracles, again based on the Speculum Historiale (lib. XXIV,
cap. XXIII-IV). After chapter 5, b has the beginning of another mira-
cle28, but breaks off after a few lines, and the remaining chapters are lost
in the MS. Since this miracle is not mentioned in B, Unger has printed
it in the notes (pp. 552-53). Chapter 6 (based on B only) is a sort of
commentary, and explains how Charlemagne could appoint bishops with-
out Consulting the ecclesiastical authorities. Chapters 7-8 describe Charle-
magne’s death and funeral, and are derived from the Speculum Historiale
(lib. XXIV, cap. XXV).
In B, branch X consists of the last two chapters only, which follow
immediately after branch IX. Then follows the Landres pattr (branch II
in Unger’s ed. and in b), and then, at the end of the MS, chapters 1-6
28 The miracle describes how a former bishop of Aix, “Servas”, who had been
dead for 30 years when the church of St. Mary, built by Charlemagne, was ready
for consecration, apparently had something to do with that consecration. In Mariu
saga, Unger’s ed. pp. 1042—45, the last part of a miracle is printed which tells how
a bishop “Servus” took part in the consecration of a church (unnamed) after he
was dead. The fragment is found in an 18th century MS based on a lost mediæval
vellum MS (Unger’s ed. p. xiv).