Codex Frisianus

Codex Frisianus or Fríssbók is a manuscript of the early fourteenth century. Among its 124 folios, it contains Heimskringla 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. It was found in Bergen in 1550 and brought to Denmark before 1600, when it was acquired by the collector Otto Friis, from whom it takes its name. It then came into the possession of Jens Rosenkrantz before being bought in 1695 by Árni Magnússon. The latter gave it at his death to the University of Copenhagen.

Facsimiles and transcriptions

Codex Frisianus: : MS. no. 45 fol. in the Arnamagnæan Collection in the University Library of Copenhagen, ed. by Halldór Hermannsson, Corpus codicum Islandicorum medii aevi, 4 Codex Frisianus: en samling af norske kongesagaer: udgiven efter offentlig foranstaltning, ed. by C. R. Unger Codex Membranaceus Arnamagnæanus nr. 45 in folio ex nomine quondam possessoris Ottonis Frisii dictus Codex Frisianus, ed. by P. Petersen