Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana - 01.06.1980, Side 129
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Contents:
F. (l)rv: Ps. 73,17 - Ps. 76,4 (lac.)
F. (2)r: Ps. 80-in finem. Versicles, prayer
F. (2)v: Ps. 81 - Ps. 82,11
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Reykjavik Lbs. fragm. 53 (see J. Benediktsson, pp. 12-13).
A bifolium of non-consecutive leaves, used for a binding. The
margins have been trimmed and the first two lines of f. (2) are
deficient. Both leaves are dark and damaged. The written space
measures 16x11,5/12 cm, with 27 long lines to the page.
Date: c. 1400. Rubrics and verse-initials are written in red. The
‘ordinary’ psalms have 3-line initials in two red shades; ps. 41 is
distinguished by a 4-line initial in red and green, ps. 52 by an 8-line
initial filled in with a multicoloured quatrefoil rosette.
Provenance: This fragment comes from the private collection of
Jonatan Forlåksson (1815-1906) of E>or6arsta6ir in Fnjoskadalur (S.
E>ing.). See Plate 110.
Contents:
F. (l)r: Ps. 39,16 - Ps. 40-in finem. Versicles, hardly legible
F. (l)v: Prayer. Ps. 41 - Ps. 42,2 (lac.)
F. (2)rv: Ps. 51,5 - Ps. 54,13
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Reykjavik Lbs. fragm. 59 (see J. Benediktsson, pp. 13-14).
A bifolium of non-consecutive leaves. F. (1) has been shorn of the
outer margin and of a small strip of the text close to it. The written
space measures 21x15/16 cm, and is divided into two columns with
28 lines to the page.
Date: late thirteenth century. The scribe used a one-storied a, and
his style of script is generally that of the thirteenth century. He singles
himself out by using the Caroline sign for et, rather than the 7, more
usual in older manuscripts, or the barred, more or less cursive z-form
of the same sign used in later script. He only once in these two leaves
uses the typical Icelandic majuscule for minuscule letter, in micni, f.
(2)v], line 23; the ligature æ also occurs once, in exædi, f. (l)r1, line
23.