The Lassen Fragment, is a parchment

Parchment

Parchment is a thin material made from calfskin, sheepskin or goatskin, often split. Its most common use was as a material for writing on, for documents, notes, or the pages of a book, codex or manuscript. It is distinct from leather in that parchment is limed but not tanned; therefore, it is very...

 page from c. 1275. It is one of the four fragments remaining of the original, or early copy of, Saxo's Gesta Danorum

Gesta Danorum

Gesta Danorum is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th century author Saxo Grammaticus . It is the most ambitious literary undertaking of medieval Denmark and is an essential source for the nation's early history...

. Size is 40x27 cm. It consists of one page with two written sides.

History

It was found 1860 in the literary remains of library-secretary G. F. Lassen, and is now owned by the Royal Library

Danish Royal Library

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 of Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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. It has Royal Library signature of Ny kgl. Saml. Fol. 570.

Correspond to page 275-282 in Peter Erasmus Müller

Peter Erasmus Müller

Peter Erasmus Müller , was a Danish bishop, historian, linguist and professor of theology.-Biography:He was born at Copenhagen, and studied at the university there, passing his theological examination in 1791. After spending some time in the German universities, he visited France and England...

 Latin version of Gesta Danorum from 1839 or page 152.29 – 156.14 in Jørgen Olrik & H. Ræder's Latin version of Gesta Danorum from 1931.