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2. Cod. Isl. Papp. Fol. N:o 37 in the Royal Library of Stockholm
is known to contain an Icelandic translation of the Danish Karl
Magnus’ Krønike, copied by Jon Vigfusson and handed over to
“Antikvitetskollegiet” in 16904.
This MS. is strikingly voluminous, comprising 455 folio pages. In
spite of this enormous length—which may be partly acconnted for
by the faet that Jon Vigfusson uses columns covering only between
one third and half of the page—the MS. does not pro vide a complete
translation of Karl Magnus’ Krønike, as the latter part of the
Angulando section5 is missing. In return—and this has escaped
Godel—fol. 193-399 of the MS. contains a tale headlined Ferakutz
påttur. More complete titles are found at fol. 193r: påttur af Heid-
ingianum Ferakut og hans fodur Admiralnum Balant sem annars
kallast Bruarpåttur and at 194r: Bruarpåttur umm kristnan Ferakuts
og Floripes hans systur strid millum Karlamagnusar keysara og
Admiralens Balants. This “J)åttr” is identical with Ferakuts saga.
While in I the Ferakut text is divided into 30 chapters without
special chapter-headings, in this MS. (referred to below as JV) it
falis into 102 brief chapters with summaries of contents prefixed
to each chapter. The same practice has been adhered to in those
sections of the MS. containing the translation of Karl Magnus’
Krønike.
It can be proved conclusively that Jon Vigfusson has transcribed
his Ferakut text from I, which bears clear traces of having been
used by him: Jon Vigfusson’s characteristic Arabic numerals, known
from the pagination of the first 222 pages of JV, reappear in the
margin of I opposite to brackets and similar punetuation marks,
indicating how he intended to and actually did divide the text into
chapters.
As far as textual criticism is concerned, this so far neglected6
transcript is thus of no value.
* This MS. is described by Godel in the work mentioned in note 1, pp. 149 f.
5 Corresponding to Bbandt’s edition of Ciiit. Pedersen’s Danske Skrifter V,
pp. 58.22-68.6.
6 Strictly speaking it is ineorrect to describe the transeript as “neglected”, sinee
it has been mentioned previously in non-Seandinavian literature: Warton’s History
of English Poetry I (the first edition appeared in 1774, here I quote from the 1840
edition) mentions among “old Scandic romances, manuscripts of which now remain
in the royal library at Stockholm”: “Sagan af Karlamagnuse of[!] hoppum[!] hans”