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1. Add MS 4857

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. I (ff. 243). Collection of Sagas, chiefly romantic, made for Magnús Jónsson of Vigr in Isafjörðr in north-west Iceland. 'No. 36' according to a note on f. 1. They were copied for the most part by Thórðr Jónsson in 1669-1670, but ff. 129b-143b were copied by Jón Björnsson i...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Icelandic
Date Range:
1669-1690
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 4857-4900

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BANKS COLLECTION
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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

3. Add MS 4858

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. II (ff. 258). Book of Annals from 1200 to 1600, divided into centuries (ff. 2, 28b, 52, 108) with appendices to the sections dealing with the 15th and 16th centuries (ff. 103b, 245). The second appendix consists of documents relating to the life and violent death of Jón Ar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Icelandic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 4859

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. III (ff. 370). Collection of Sagas, made for Magnús Jónsson of Vigr, and copied by Jón Þorðarson, (with the exception of art. 16) in the years 1693-1697, according to the dates added to the sagas, although the title-page bears the date of 1696. 'No 33' according to a note ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Icelandic
Date Range:
1693-1697
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 4864

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. VIII (ff. 126). Icelandic ecclesiastical biographies and annals and a semi-historical saga, together with two romantic sagas relating to other countries, in three different hands; 18th cent. 'No. 47' according to a note on f. 1. Viz.:- (1) 'Hungur Vaka'. History of the f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Icelandic, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 4865

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. IX (ff. 338). The Sturlunga-Saga, or history of the family of Sturia Thórðarson, called Hvamm-Sturla from his living at Hvammr in west Iceland. It contains the principal political events in Iceland from the middle of the 12th cent. until its absorption into Norway in 1261,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Icelandic
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 4866

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. X (ff. 107). 'Edda Saemundar Hins Froda', and 'Edda Snorra Sturlusonar'. 'No. 17' according to a note on f. 3b. Extracts from the two works, which are often respectively known as the Elder (or Poetical) Edda, and the Younger (or Prose) Edda; together with commentaries, chi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Icelandic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 4867

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BANKS COI.LECTION. Vol. Xl (ff. 261). Historical sagas relating to families and heroes of Iceland, and one romantic saga; 17th cent. 'No. 35' according to a note on f. l. Viz.:- (1) 'Sagann Niála': in 148 chapters. Story of Njál of Bergthórshvoll, (called Brennu-Njál after his death) and his...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Icelandic
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 4868

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XII (ff. 246). Historical and romantic Sagas relating to Icelandic heroes and to events in Iceland of the 9th, 10th and 11th centuries. Written in 1667 by Magnús Thórulfsson for Magnús Jónsson of Ögr on Isafjörðr, afterwards known as Magnús Jónsson of Vigr. 'No. 32' accord...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Icelandic
Date Range:
1667
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 4869

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XIII (ff. i + 235). Book of Sagas, copied in 1679-1680 by Jón Thórðarson for Magnús Jónsson of Vigr, containingone historical and four romantic sagas. 'No. 34' according to a note on f. i. Viz.:- (1) 'Trójumanna Saga'. Story of the Trojans, telling how the mighty town of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Icelandic
Date Range:
1679-1680
Extent:
1 item