Provenance as a series of events
Christian-Emil Ore
University of Oslo
The history of a parchment folio
The leaf from the Kringla manuscript
European digital library record:
Creator:
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Sturluson, Snorri
Kringla leaf
Landsbókasafn Íslands
– Háskólabókasafn
Manuscript Department:
Lbs fragment
Manuscript
History
The Journey of Kringla manuscript
Kringla – provenance written
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A collection of kings' sagas written in Iceland around 1225 by the poet and historian Snorri
Sturluson (1179–1242)
1260 the Kringla manuscript were written containing the sagas and other material.
In the 16th c. the Kringla-manuscript was in Bergen, Norway
Used along with other manuscripts by the priest Peder Clausson Friis in the first printed
edition of Kringlaheimsins (1530)
Around 1600 the Kringla-manuscript was moved to University Library in Copenhagen
1682-1687 The Icelandic Jón Eggertsson (1643-89), a illicit trader in Medieval Icelandic
manuscripts, copied the Kringla-manuscript for the Swedish king, removed a folio (Kringla
leaf). The copy (Holm. Papp. 18 fol) together with the folio as a quality proof was sent to the
Royal Library in Stockholm, Sweden.
Around 1700 the Kringla-manuscript was sent to the Icelandic Tormod Torfæus in Karmøy,
Norway and copied by his assistant Ásgeir Jónsson. The copies are known as AM 35, AM36,
AM63 and are used for all modern edition of the sagas.
Beginning of 18th c. the Kringla-manuscript was returned to Copenhagen
1728 The Kringla manuscript was lost in the great fire of Copenhagen
End 19th c. the Kringla leaf in the Royal Library, Stockholm was identified to be a part of Kringla
manuscript
1975 the Kringla leaf was given to Iceland by the Swedish king Karl Gustav
Now in the Icelandic National Library (Lbs. fragm. 82) as the only known remaining part of the
Kringla manuscript.
Kringla – provenance 1
P14 carried of by
P94 has created
E55 Type
Velum, codex
P2 has type
E73 Information Object
E65 Creation
E21 Person
Content of the texts
Conception and writing
Snorri Sturluson
(1179–1242)
P128 carries
P108 produced
P7 Took place at
E84 Information Carrier
E12 Production
E53 Place
Kringla manuscript
Writing, illumination
binding, 1260
Iceland
P27 moved from
P25 moved
E9 Move
E10 Transfer of Custody
E8 Acquisition
1400 – 1500
P26 moved to
E53 Place
Bergen, Norway
P7 took place at
P12 was present at
E65 Creation
The printed edition1530
E21 Person
P14 carried of
by
P25 moved
E9 Move
E10 Transfer of Custody
E8 Acquisition
Peder Clausson
P27 moved from
1600 – 1650
E53 Place
P26 moved to
Copenhagen,
Denmark
Kringla – provenance 2
P108 produced
P14 carried of by
E84 Information Carrier
E12 Production Event
E21 Person
Kringla leaf and the Holm.
Papp. 18 fol.
Copying of the Kringla , removal
of a leaf 1680-1687
Jón Eggertsson (1643-89)
P31 has modified
E9 Move
E10 Transfer of Custody
E84 Information Carrier
P7 took place at
E53 Place
P27 moved from
Copenhagen, Denmark
1400 – 1500
P25 moved
Kringla Manuscript
E53 Place
P26 moved to
Karmøy, Norway
P12 was present at
P14 carried of by
E84 Information Carrier
E12 Production
E21 Person
AM 35, AM 36, AM 63
The copying of Kringla
Ásgeir Jónsson
P94 has created
1695 – 1705
P25 moved
E9 Move
E10 Transfer of Custody
P27 moved from
1705 – 1728
P26 moved to
P13 destroyed
E5 Event
E6 Destruction
P10 falls within
The Great fire in Copenhagen
1728
Kringla – provenance 3
E9 Move
E10 Transfer of Custody
E84 Information Carrier
P25 Moved
Kringla leaf and the Holm.
Papp. 18 fol.
P27 moved from
E53 Place
Copenhagen, Denmark
1680-1687
P26 moved to
E53 Place
P46 forms part of
Stockholm
P25 Moved
E9 Move
E10 Transfer of Custody
E8 Acquisition
E84 Information Carrier
P27 moved from
E53 Place
Kringla leaf
1975
P26 moved to
P138 represents
P62 depicts
P128 carries
E84 Information Carrier
E65 Creation
photographing
Color slide
P128 carries
E84 Information Carrier
E12 Production
Jpg file on a disk
digitization
P94 has created
Iceland
P94 has created
E36 Visual Item
Image of the Kringla leaf
Summing up
• CIDOC CRM
– Coherently integrates information at varying degrees of
detail
– Designed for mediation of cultural heritage information
– Enables story telling / provenance of cultural objects
– Supports all information categories suggested by ObjectID
– Formal ontology – supports deduction systems e.g.
investigation databases
Summing up
• Information integration
– View the contextual information as first class objects
– Add provenance to your database system
– Keep track of the events your object has been involved in
– Link your objects to accepted authorities vocabulars