▁pre face . ▁ ▁Man us cript s ▁ ▁The ▁original ▁manuscript s ▁of ▁the ▁work ▁are ▁lost , ▁except ▁for ▁four ▁fragments : ▁the ▁Ang ers ▁Fragment , ▁L assen ▁Fragment , ▁K all - R asm ussen ▁Fragment ▁and ▁P les ner ▁Fragment . ▁The ▁Ang ers ▁Fragment ▁is ▁the ▁biggest ▁fragment , ▁and ▁the ▁only ▁one ▁att ested ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁Sax o ’ s ▁own ▁hand writing . ▁The ▁other ▁ones ▁are ▁copies ▁from ▁ca . ▁ 1 2 7 5 . ▁All ▁four ▁fragments ▁are ▁in ▁the ▁collection ▁of ▁the ▁Dan ish ▁Royal ▁Library ▁in ▁C open hagen , ▁Den mark . ▁ ▁The ▁text ▁has , ▁however , ▁surv ived . ▁In ▁ 1 5 1 0 – 1 5 1 2 , ▁Christ ier n ▁Ped ers en , ▁a ▁Dan ish ▁transl ator ▁working ▁in ▁Paris , ▁searched ▁Den mark ▁high ▁and ▁low ▁for ▁an ▁existing ▁copy ▁of ▁Sax o ’ s ▁works , ▁which ▁by ▁that ▁time ▁was ▁nearly ▁all ▁but ▁lost . ▁By ▁that ▁time ▁most ▁knowledge ▁of ▁Sax o ’ s ▁work ▁came ▁from ▁a ▁summary ▁located ▁in ▁Chron ica ▁J ut ensis , ▁from ▁around ▁ 1 3 4 2 , ▁called ▁Comp end ium ▁Sax on is . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁in ▁this ▁summary ▁that ▁the ▁name ▁G esta ▁Dan orum ▁is ▁found . ▁The ▁title ▁Sax o ▁himself ▁used ▁for ▁his ▁work ▁is ▁unknown . ▁ ▁Christ ier n ▁Ped ers en ▁finally ▁found ▁a ▁copy ▁in ▁the ▁collection