Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series A - 01.06.1997, Blaðsíða 125
III. THE B-TEXT
AM 593a, 4to
AM 593a 4to, as is well-known, was once the last part of a larger manuscript,
the first part of which is still in existence too as AM 593b 4to (Kálund 1888-
94,1 761-2; Jónas Kristjánsson 1964, xlvi-lii).
It is clear that the manuscript was made in regular fashion, with gatherings
of eight leaves, except the last which was of four, evidently deliberately, con-
cluding the manuscript. The first recto and the last verso were left blank. 593b
consists of four gatherings, 593a of fifteen, and probably three have been lost
in the gap between them. Leaves have been lost in various places, as men-
tioned in the following description:
MS ff.
593b lr
lv-26
27-31
593a l-33r
33r-107r
107v
Contents
Originally blank
Viktors saga ok Blávus. Ends at the bottom of f. 26v,
which is the second leaf of a gathering.
Sneglu-Halla þáttr, incomplete. Lacuna after f. 31, in
which has been lost the last leaf of a gathering (the inner
edge is preserved, conjugate with f. 25; it has some letters
on it).
Continuation of the lacuna, in which have been lost the
end of Sneglu-Halla þáttr and the beginning of Mírmanns
saga. Three gatherings, provided there was no other text
in between them.
Mírmanns saga, incomplete, lacking the beginning of the
saga. The first leaf of the first gathering is missing (once
conjugate with f. 7), in addition to which the opening of
the saga, if it was fairly like the A-text, would probably
have required 14 leaves or a little more in the lacuna al-
ready mentioned.
Ff. 9 and 14 are now single, but were presumably once
conjugate.
The saga ends in line 15 on f. 33r, and the next saga fol-
lows immediately.
Adonias saga. The saga ends in line 19 on f. 107r, and the
rest was left blank. Leaves (possibly conjugate originally)
have been lost at three points, in each instance in the cen-
tre of a gathering: four after f. 41, two after f. 54 and two
after f. 92 (cf. Loth 1963, vii).
Originally blank.