AM 240 Fol XV Tvinn úr handriti með ævintýrum

Abstract

In this article the author discusses the text of the MS fragment AM 240 fol XV (bifolium, the only one left of MS from the 15th c, probably a collection of exemples translated from Middle English), describes its paleographic features and compares it with other MSS from the same time (AM 42 a 8vo, the younger part of Flateyjarbók, Codex Guelferbytanus 42.7 and MS Royal Irish Academy 23 D 43) where similar paleographic details can be found. He discusses the relationship of this fragment with the MS AM 624 4to and copies of lost MS Sth papp 8vo nr 8. The article contains an edition of the text preserved in the fragment AM 240 fol XV.