- Kall-Rasmussen Fragment
Kall-Rasmussen Fragment, a
parchment page from c.1275 . One of the four fragments remaining, or early copy of, of the originalSaxo 'sGesta Danorum . Size is about 19x11cm. It consists of two pages with four written sides.Found
1855 by "M. N. C. Kall Rasmussen" in Geheime-archive, where it was used as staple-list onKronborg Castlescadastre of 1627-1628.Now owned by the Royal Library ofCopenhagen .Royal Library signature: - "Ny kgl. Saml. Fol. 570"
Correspond to page 320-324 in
Peter Erasmus Müller Latin version of "Gesta Danorum" from 1839 or page 181.17 – 184.16 inJørgen Olrik & H. Ræder's Latin version of "Gesta Danorum" from 1931.See also
Angers Fragment ,Lassen Fragment orPlesner Fragment Gallery
References
* "Apoteker Sibbernsens Saxobog", C. A. Reitzels Forlag, Copenhagen, 1927.
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