The Kall-Rasmussen Fragment is a
parchment
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page from . It is one of the four fragments remaining, or early copy of, the original
Saxo's
Gesta Danorum
("Deeds of the Danes") is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th-century author Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Literate", literally "the Grammarian"). It is the most ambitious literary undertaking of medieval Denmark and is an essentia ...
. Its size is about 19x11cm. It consists of two pages with four written sides.
History
Found in 1855 by ''M. N. C. Kall Rasmussen'' in the Danish
Geheime-archive (Danish National Archives), where it was used as staple-list on
Kronborg
Kronborg is a castle and historical stronghold in the town of Helsingør, Denmark. Immortalised as Elsinore in William Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet'', Kronborg is one of the most important Renaissance castles in Northern Europe. It was inscribed ...
Castle's
cadastre
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Often it is represented graphically in ...
of 1627–1628. It is now owned by the
Royal Library of
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...
. It has the Royal Library signature of ''Ny kgl. Saml. Fol. 570''.
Correspond to page 320–324 in
Peter Erasmus Müller
Peter Erasmus Müller (29 May 1776 – 4 September 1834), was a Danish historian, linguist, theologian, and bishop of the Diocese of Zealand from 1830 until his death.
Career
Müller studied at the University of Copenhagen, where he passed his t ...
Latin version of ''Gesta Danorum'' from 1839 or page 181.17 – 184.16 in
Jørgen Olrik & H. Ræder's Latin version of ''Gesta Danorum'' from 1931.
See also
*
Angers Fragment
*
Lassen Fragment
*
Plesner Fragment
Gallery
Image:Saxo kallfrag 1 back 001.jpg, Page 1, Back
Image:Saxo kallfrag 2 front 001.jpg, Page 2, Front
Image:Saxo kallfrag 2 back 001.jpg, Page 2, Back
References
* ''Apoteker Sibbernsens Saxobog'', C. A. Reitzels Forlag, Copenhagen, 1927.
1275 works
13th-century manuscripts
13th-century books in Latin
1855 archaeological discoveries
Chronicles about Denmark
Kronborg
Royal Library, Denmark
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