Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series B - 01.10.1968, Page 98
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In 662-64 enn-grasgardinumm reference is made to
the high-priest’s servant, Malcus, whose ear was cut
off; thus also the Bible, St John 18.
706-10 The compiler of C prepares the reader for
the fact that the prophecy about the tree is about
to be fulfilled.
710-17 The section is taken from Itinerarium, the
chapter “Den Dronning aff Saba hendis Reyser”,
pp. 116-20. There the queen is called Merquerta and
the son she has by Solomon Meylech.
717-22 Leg. 717-19 recapitulate 576-81, see
p.LXivff.
722-27 The tree is considered to be suitable for
Christ’s cross. The lines are a summary of KrR Y
38-41.
727- 28 It is stated here that the cross was con-
structed of five tré (pieces of wood?) and that they
were all taken from the same tree. The source is not
known.
728- 60 This passage, together with 790-800, 820-21,
831-33, and the passages mentioned in the section
646-706, derives from the story “Krossgangan”,
which tells of where Jesus carried the cross and the
distance he covered and what happened to him on
the way22. Krossgangan survives in AM 102.8vo
(ff. 116-19), AM 148.8vo (Kvæðabók úr Vigur, f. 60r-
v), cf. p. cxl, IB 310.8vo (nr. 6), Lbs 975.8vo
(ff. 13v-17v) and IBR 113.8vo (pp. 417-24). A few
variants from the three first-named MSS have been
included in the critical apparatus.
760-90 This is a continuation of the story of the
twelve Jewish tribes and their plagues.
22. Krossgangan is not an excerpt from the story of the fifteen
places where Jesus was tormented (cf. Kulturhistorisk Leksikon
IX, 1964, col. 374); this story is also found in Icelandic MSS,
where it is called “Fimtán Píslar-(Pínu-)staðir vors herra”
(Katalog AM II p. 703): see also the note above.