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1. Add MS 4857-4900

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Add MS 4857-4900
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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 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

3. Add MS 4896

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XL (ff. 58). Hymns and prayers in Latin, followed by Icelandic versions of the two final prayers; 1717. '28' according to a note on the flyleaf. Hymns: Hymnbook used in Iceland: 1717.: Latin and Icelandic. includes: ff. 43b-58 Prayers: 'Precatio matutina' and 'precati...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Icelandic, and Latin
Date Range:
1717
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 4897

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Scope & Content:
BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XLI (ff. 271). Medical treatises, receipts, etc., mostly by writers of the 14th century, transcribed by several hands, probably in the Netherlands, mainly in 1494-1496. Latin and Low German. The principal items are:- (1) A short treatise in four parts on the plague by J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Low German
Date Range:
1460-1499
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 4898

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XLII (ff. 140). Collection of medical receipts; 15th cent. Begins (f. 25) 'Nota quod dicimus illam-medicinam esse calidam' and continues on ff. 25b-130b (contemporary foliation 1-104b), being followed by an alphabetical index (ff. 131-136b) giving references to the origina...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item