Frísbók
Codex Frisianus or Fríssbók (shelfmark AM 45 fol. in the Arnamagnæanske samling) is a manuscript of the early fourteenth century (c. 1300–1325). Among its 124 folios, it contains '' Heimskringla'' (without the Saga of Saint Olaf) and ''Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar''. Origins and history The manuscript might have been written in Iceland and soon moved into Norway or have been composed in Norway.Hollander, Lee M., ''Snorri Sturluson. Heimskringla: history of the kings of Norway'' (Austin: University of Texas Press for the American-Scandinavian Foundation, 2005), p. xxiv. It was found in Bergen in 1550 and brought to Denmark before 1600, when it was acquired by the collector Otto Friis Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded f ..., from whom it takes its name. It then came i ...
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