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THE S RECENSION
15*
48). Among books sent by Bishop Þórður to Thomas Bartholin in the
autumn of 1687 was ‘Mariu Saga Og Nockra annara helgra Manna i
stóru folio uppa membranam’ (Þjóðskjalasafn Islands, Bps. A IV-3, p.
416; Már Jónsson, Arni Magnússon, 359, n. 39), which can only have
been AM 234 fol. Several names written in the manuscript also serve
to locate it at Skálholt in the seventeenth century; see V below.
As mentioned earlier, p. 4*, and demonstrated in more detail below,
pp. 22*, 46*-47*, Jóns saga and Augustinus saga in 234 were copied
directly from AM 221 fol., for which a southem, Skálholt provenance
is counted likely.
The pristine condition of its main part and the absence of margina-
lia from before the seventeenth century suggest that 234 led a shel-
tered existence in the 250 years or so that elapsed between its writing
and its mention in the 1604 inventory. Conditions at the cathedral at
Skálholt might have allowed that. The fact that 234 was not completed
at the outset might also suggest that it had not strayed far from the
place where the work was initiated. That could also have been Skál-
holt. It must be noted however that Skálholt suffered disastrous fires
in its time and its library was certainly sometimes supplemented by
books brought in from other collections; cf. EIM VII, 57-58.
V. Marginalia.
The few marginalia of note, all in seventeenth-century hands, com-
prise some proper names and a couple of items of limited literary in-
terest.
(i) Fol. 3r. ‘Jon Wygfusson’. We have a choice among Jón Vigfússon
eldri Gíslasonar (c. 1638-81), sýslumaður, at school in Skálholt 1649-
56 (ÍÆ III, 300); Jón Vigfússon Jónssonar (c. 1635-1714), sýslu-
maður, in service with Bishop Brynjólfur Sveinsson at Skálholt 1655-
57 (ÍÆ III, 299-300); and Bishop Jón Vigfússon yngri Gíslasonar
(1643-90), at school in Skálholt for two years, probably 1661-63 (ÍÆ
III, 300).
(ii) Fol. 9r. ‘Þorlakur Eyriksson’ (?). If the patronymic is correctly
read, this could be Þorlákur Eiríksson, who at times between 1647 and
1654 was in service with Bishop Brynjólfur; by the end of that period
he was probably at school in Skálholt. He was ordained in 1666, died
c. 1695 (ÍÆ V, 155-56).