Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series B - 01.11.1965, Síða 9
PREFACE
The manuscripts used for the five sagas in this
volume are as follows:
1. Nitida saga. The text is printed from AM 529,
4to (vellum, 16th century) in which the saga begins
on the middle of fo. 30v and ends defective fo. 37v;
the lacuna, of 2^/^ folios, corresponding to p. 2816 og
and the rest of the saga, is filled in from AM 537, 4to
(see below), foo. 6r-8v.—The variant readings are
taken from 1. AM 537, 4to (paper, 17th century)
where the saga is preserved in full on foo. lr-8v.
2. AM 567, 4to, XVIII (two velluin leaves, 16th cen-
tury), corresponding to p. 86 (F)Ebruarius hiet lcongur
—p. II2 nu and ]). 177 Epter suo talad mœlti Listalin
—p. 2012 hana puiat eg villda ad hun kiore hann ey in
the present edition; between these two vellum leaves,
which are conjoint, there is a lacuna of two leaves.
3. AM 568, 4to, 6-7 (paper, first half of the 17th
century) where the saga extends from fo. llv to fo.
16v. 4. Papp. 4:o nr 31 (paper, second half of the
17th century) of the Royal Library, Stockholm, in
which the saga begins on fo. 13r and ends on fo. 17r.
5. At a single point use lias been made of Rask 32
(paper, second half of tlie 18th century) iu which the
saga is the fourth of nineteen, beginning on fo. 29v
and ending on fo. 35r.
2. Sigrgarðs saga frœkna. The text is printed
from AM 556 a, 4to (vellum, last quarter of the lðth
century) in which the saga begins defective on fo. lr,
corresponding to p. 8010 þu in the present edition, and
ends on fo. 5r. The lacuna, of six leaves, at the be-