Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana - 01.06.1960, Blaðsíða 204

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death (253/18—254/19, 255/1—18). In Br and H (440 being defec-
tive at this point) these two miracles are given in synopsis with a
reference to Gudmundar saga biskups, thus:
Hier effter fylgier capitule um Stein (prest add. H) sem ecke
villde trua å (omitted H) Jon Hoolabyskup Helgann af pui bein
hans var svart sem G(udmundur) p(restur) sagde (syndi H) honum
og huårnen hann åtte til peirrar truar ad komast. Så pad girnest ad
heijra vysa eg honum til Sogu Guåndar byskups (lese sogu G. b. H).
and:
Item skil hier effter pan Capitula sem greiner um kierlinguna er
siuk lå å Svijna fialle (Svynaf. H) og leiged hafde mallaus i (vm
H) sio nætur, en på G(udmundur) p(restur) kvaddi hana med kosse
og bad hana heilsa fyrer sig helgurn monnum Mariæ Michaéli
Eingle: Johanni Baptistæ Petro og Paulo (Pietre og Påle H), på
svaradi Merling hått Jå, Jå, lesed Sogu (soguna H) G(udmundar)
byskups.
The readings of the two MSS are so close that it is clear that this
condensation of the text originated in Sk. 204 has the miracles in
full in a textual form which appears to derive neither from I nor
from either version of Gudmundar saga biskups, so that it can hardly
be an interpolation, as it would have to be were 204 derived from
Sk. The conclusion that must be drawn from the evidence set out
above is that 204 is descended from II but not from Sk.
Kålund was of the opinion that the 204-text was compiled by
Bjorn of Skarbså10, because of a striking relationship between 204
and AM 439 4to.u Both these MSS have taken into their text (cf.
Sturlunga saga p. 153) an annalistic notice concerning a certain
Åsmundr kastanrasti12 which is not found in any of the other MSS;
and also one of Bjorn’s characteristic marginal notes, on the
etymology of kastanrasti, which appears at this point in 439, is in
10 Aarbøger 1901 p. 274; Sturlunga saga Introd. LXVII. 204 itself is not in
Bjorn’s hånd.
11 This is an abstract of Sturlunga saga in Bjom’s own hånd, made af ter he had
completed Sk.
12 Cf. G. Storm, Islandske Annaler indtil 1578, Christiania 1888, p. 120 s.a. 1189,
cf. p. 477 (Oddaverja Annåll); Flateyjarbék (1860-68) III p. 519.
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