Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana - 01.06.2005, Síða 334

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Johannes B. Sigtryggsson
In light of this, variants from 124 should have been given at those
places in Mirmanns saga where A1 and its copies A2 and A3 are defective
and A4 is used as the main manuscript with variants from A5"7 (chapters
2494/95.2540. according to the stemma it would actually have been better
to use A5 instead of A4 as the main manuscript in those chapters). Vari-
ants from 124 should maybe also have been used in the apparatus criti-
cus to chapter il8996 where A3 is used as the main text.13
I compared 124 to the edition in the aforementioned chapters (2494/95-
2640) where A4 is used as the basis for the text, and noted down these
variants:
24.98 verda A4,7,124] vera A5'6.
24.99 vier] -r 124.
24.99 konu nockurri] nockri godri kono A5'7,124.
24.100 nu2 A4-6,124] sva A5-7.
24.101 oc A4'6-7,124] -r A5.
25.2 medA4'6,124]+A5J.
25.6-7 med sporunum A4] sporum A5, med spor««? 124.
25.12 Hirnrng A4,124] Hymingi A5, Hirningi A6, abbreviated A7.
25.19-20 Katrfnu drottnmgu høndum] høndum Katrynu Drottn(ingu) 124
25.20 var] vard A5'7,124.
25.32 mællti] svarar 124.
25.34 Mfrmann] + jarl A5’7,124.
25.34 pånki] fro ecke A5,124, po ei A6‘7.
25.35 På] par 124.
25.41 Saxa2 A4'7] -r A5‘6,124.
26.2 drottmng Katrin] Katrin drottning A5'7,124.
26.7 fara med Mlrmann jali] hafa Myrmann jali med mér A5'7,124.
26.9 verra] + Og A5'7,124.
26.21 sinist A4’7] + po A5'6,124.
26.22 Fænidii] Fenedf A5'7,124.
26.38 medann] å medann 124.
13 A2 is used as the main manuscript in chapters 1197-2494 with variants from A3 in the edi-
tion, where A1 is defective, but I did not compare 124 to A2 in those chapters as the former
has minimal textual value at this point. Slay (1997:xxxviii) uses variants sparingly here
from A4 and A5: “The other manuscripts (A4 and A5, representatives of the group just
mentioned) are quoted when they support A3, i.e. when the text printed is not or may well
not be correct. They are also quoted sometimes when they are neutral between A2 and A3,
i.e. when the choice in theory might fall on any one of the three readings. (But they are
not quoted if they are substantially different from both, for then there is little likelihood
that they represent S6 [i.e. A1].)”