The Scribe and his Exemplars: A Comparative Study of Four Manuscripts by Thorgerus Haquini
Anna Catharina Horn
AbstractThe article aims to establish the number of exemplars used in four law manuscripts from beginning fourteenth century, written by scribe Thorgerus Haquini (Torgeir Håkonsson). Three contain copies Norwegian Code Realm 1274 (Magnus Lagabøtes Landslov): AM 302 fol, 305 fol and 56 4to, fourth, 78 contains a compilation other texts. Thorgerus’ hand is regarded as consistent, following textual conventions at scribal centre where he worked, apparently not influenced exemplar. However, frequent appearance insular v one texts elsewhere this compilation, makes suspect that exemplar has indeed played part concerning choice graph type. When examining limited set orthographic macro-palaeographic features manuscripts, results suggest least two for manuscript changing after quire two, again six. Concerning no such patterns are found or fol. The various 4to confirmed.
Studia Neophilologica