1. Provenance as a series of events
Christian-Emil Ore
University of Oslo

2. The history of a parchment folio The leaf from the Kringla manuscript
European digital library record:
Creator: Sturluson, Snorri Title: Kringla leaf Library: Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn Shelfnumber: Manuscript Department: Lbs fragment Document type: Manuscript Subject: History

3. The Journey of Kringla manuscript
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The Journey of Kringla manuscript
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
The Icelandic Jón Eggertsson ( ), 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.

4. Kringla – provenance written
©CIDOC 2009
Kringla – provenance written
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
The Icelandic Jón Eggertsson ( ), 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.

5. Kringla – provenance 1 P94 has created P128 carries P25 moved
P14 carried of by
P94 has created
E73 Information Object
E65 Creation
E21 Person
Content of the texts
Conception and writing
Snorri Sturluson
(1179–1242)
E84 Information Carrier
Kringla manuscript
E55 Type
Velum, codex
P2 has type
E12 Production
Writing, illumination binding, 1260
E53 Place
Iceland
P7 Took place at
P108 produced
P128 carries
P26 moved to
E53 Place
Copenhagen, Denmark
P27 moved from
E9 Move
E10 Transfer of Custody
E8 Acquisition
1600 – 1650
P25 moved
E9 Move
E10 Transfer of Custody
E8 Acquisition
1400 – 1500
P27 moved from
P26 moved to
E53 Place
Bergen, Norway
P25 moved
E65 Creation
The printed edition1530
E21 Person
Peder Clausson
P14 carried of by
P7 took place at
P12 was present at

6. Kringla – provenance 2 P25 moved P12 was present at P94 has created
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
Jón Eggertsson ( )
P7 took place at
P31 has modified
E53 Place
P26 moved to
Karmøy, Norway
E53 Place
E9 Move
E10 Transfer of Custody
1400 – 1500
P27 moved from
P25 moved
Copenhagen, Denmark
P26 moved to
P27 moved from
E9 Move
E10 Transfer of Custody
1705 – 1728
P25 moved
E84 Information Carrier
E6 Destruction
P13 destroyed
The Great fire in Copenhagen
1728
E5 Event
P10 falls within
Kringla Manuscript
E12 Production
The copying of Kringla
1695 – 1705
E21 Person
Ásgeir Jónsson
P12 was present at
E84 Information Carrier
AM 35, AM 36, AM 63
P94 has created
P14 carried of by

7. Kringla – provenance 3 P46 forms part of P138 represents P62 depicts
E53 Place
Copenhagen, Denmark
P25 Moved
E9 Move
E10 Transfer of Custody
P27 moved from
P26 moved to
Stockholm
E84 Information Carrier
Kringla leaf and the Holm. Papp. 18 fol.
E84 Information Carrier
Kringla leaf
P46 forms part of
P26 moved to
P27 moved from
E9 Move
E10 Transfer of Custody
E8 Acquisition
1975
P25 Moved
E53 Place
Iceland
E36 Visual Item
Image of the Kringla leaf
E65 Creation
photographing
P94 has created
E84 Information Carrier
Color slide
Jpg file on a disk
P128 carries
E12 Production
digitization
P62 depicts
P138 represents

8. 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

9. 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