- Plesner Fragment
Plesner Fragment, a
parchment page from ca.1275 . One of the 4 fragments remaining, or early copy of, of the originalSaxo Gesta Danorum . Ca. 15x13cm. It consists of one page with two written sides.Found
1877 by "C. U. A. Plesner" in Geheime-archive, where it was used as staple-list onKristianstad fief taxman-number (skattemandtal) list of1623 .Now owned by the Royal Library ofCopenhagen .Royal Library signature: - "Ny kgl. Saml. Fol. 570"
Correspond to page 811-813 in
Peter Erasmus Müller Latin version of "Gesta Danorum" from 1839 or page 459.15 – 460.24 inJørgen Olrik & H. Ræder's Latin version of "Gesta Danorum" from 1931.See also
Angers Fragment ,Lassen Fragment orKall-Rasmussen Fragment References
* "Apoteker Sibbernsens Saxobog", C. A. Reitzels Forlag, Copenhagen, 1927.
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