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not mentioned in KrR that the grave and the cross
were in a fissure (bjargskora) (820-21); this certainly
derives from Krossgangan.
825-29 The soldier who pierced Jesus’ side with
his spear is not named in the Bible, but in C and in
other apocryphal works he is normally called Longi-
nus24 (Longenius or Longius) and it is told about
him that he was blind. C further relates that he
ended his life as a martyr. Other works tell that
he was cured of his blindness, when he was touched
by the blood of Christ. Longinus is mentioned in
many Icelandic works, see Alfræði Islenzk III p. 115,
Mariu saga pp. 48, 387, Miðaldakvæði I pp. 29, 61,
93, 166, 211, 316, the Gospel of Nicodemus, which is
found in numerous MSS in Reykjavík (Skrá III
p. 364).
830- 31 “Now something has been said of this tree”;
the remark may have been taken from KrR V 47.
831- 33 According to C Christ walked 1557 faðmar
(“fathoms”) from the moment when he was seized
until his crucifixion; thus also the MSS of Kross-
gangan (see p. xcvi) with the exception of AM 102.
8vo, which gives 1552 faðmar, and ÍB 310.8vo, which
breaks off incomplete.
833-38 The evangelists have described 668 miles
of Christ’s journeyings. This number derives from
Itinerarium, part 2, p. 44. C adds the information
that a mile is equal to 800 faðmar.
The three works used in C, Itinerarium Sacræ Scripturæ,
Historiarum Sacrarum Encolpodion and Carion’s Cronica,
have never been printed in Icelandic but sections of them
are found in several MSS. The relationsliip between the
24. Cf. for example Legends of the Holy Rood, ed. R. Morris,
1871, p. xxxi.