Codex Frisianus or Fríssbók (

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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 ''Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar'' ("The Saga of Haakon Haakonarson") or ''Hákonar saga gamla'' ("The Saga of Old Haakon") is an Old Norse Kings' Saga, telling the story of the life and reign of King Haakon Haakonarson of Norway. Content and style ...

''.

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

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in 1550 and brought to Denmark before 1600, when it was acquired by the collector

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, from whom it takes its name. It then came into the possession of

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before being bought in 1695 by Árni Magnússon. The latter gave it at his death (1730) to the

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Facsimiles and transcriptions

* ''Codex Frisianus: (Sagas of the kings of Norway): MS. no. 45 fol. in the Arnamagnæan Collection in the University Library of Copenhagen'', ed. by Halldór Hermannsson, Corpus codicum Islandicorum medii aevi, 4 (Copenhagen: Levin & Munksgaard, 1932) (facsimile) * ''Codex Frisianus: en samling af norske kongesagaer: udgiven efter offentlig foranstaltning'', ed. by C. R. Unger (Christiania: Malling, 1871) * ''Codex Membranaceus Arnamagnæanus nr. 45 in folio ex nomine quondam possessoris Ottonis Frisii dictus Codex Frisianus'', ed. by P. Petersen (Christiania, 1864)

References

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