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Collection Area Western Manuscripts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 4857-4900 Language Danish

1. Add MS 4857-4900

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 4857-4900
Title:
BANKS COLLECTION
Scope & Content:
Collections, mostly in Icelandic and relating to Iceland, presented by Sir Joseph Banks, 1767-1781. Banks visited Iceland in 1772 and brought back a collection of printed books and MSS. which he presented to the British Museum on 3 December 1772. The MSS. may be identified from a 'Catalogue of B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, English, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, and Low German
Date Range:
[1160-1799]
Extent:
44 items

2. Add MS 4875

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Add MS 4875
Title:
Scope & Content:
BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XIX (ff. 88). Seven romantic Sagas, together with another incomplete saga and extracts from newspapers; 18th cent. 'Nos. 3-9' according to a note on f. 1. Viz.:- (1) 'Valldemars Saga': in 12 chapters. Story of Valdemar, son of King Philip of Saxland. Cf. Add. MS. 4859, a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, English, German, and Icelandic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 4888

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Add MS 4888
Title:
Scope & Content:
BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XXXII (ff. 52).'Psal[t]erium natale edur faedingar psaltare'. Thirty Psalms on the Incarnation and Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ by Gunnlaugr Snorrason, priest at Helgafell in west Iceland (d. 1796); 18th cent. The psalms were printed at Hólar in 1747. 'No. 29' accordi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, English, and Icelandic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item