Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series B - 01.06.1964, Blaðsíða 9
PREFACE
The manuscripts used for the two sagas in the
present volume are as follows:
1. Vilhjálms saga sjóðs. The text is printed from
AM 343 a, 4to (vellum, lðth century); the saga hegins
on fo. 30v and ends on fo. 48v but has two lacunae;
one, of one leaf, after fo. 37, corresponding to p. 524
uikr—p. 5915 nidr, filled in from AM 527, 4to (see
below), pp. 108-112; and a second caused by the
cutting off of the outer comer of fo. 47 (cf. the notes
to p. 1224 and to p. 1261), filled in from AM 527, 4to,
pp. 156-157 and pp. 158-159.—The variant readings
in the notes are taken from 1. AM 548, 4to (vellum,
first half of the 16th century) where the saga is preser-
ved in full on foo. lr-38r. 2. AM 577, 4to (vellum, end
of the 15th century) in which the saga extends from fo.
3v to fo. 49v and is without lacunae. 3.AM 599,4to (vel-
lum, c. 1600) where the saga begins on fo. lr and ends
defective fo. 26 v (cf. p. 1271); it has several lacunae:
the beginning, corresponding to one folio, is lacking and
the saga begins corresponding to p. 67 hun\ a second
lacuna of one folio, corresponding to p. 2413 eing j
skoginvmm—p. 274 og1; a third, also of onefolio, corres-
pondingtop. 41lfisumar—p.45,(lo</; afourth, of seven
folios, corresponding to p. 7018 tapazt og hefdi—p.
9112~13þeirvilia; andafifth,of fourfolios,correspond-
ing to p. 982 einn vlfur a markadur—p. 1098 Nu er par
til ad. 4. A few variants are taken from AM 527, 4to
(paper, written by Jón Gissurarson, j 1648), in which
the saga is preserved in full as the third of five in
all and extends from p. 77 to p. 165.