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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4860
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Scope & Content:: BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. IV (ff. 350). Collection of romantic Sagas, many of which are translations; 18th cent. 'No. 42' according to a note on f. 1. Viz.:- (1) 'Nitidae Fraegu Saga': in 17 chapters. Story of Nitida the Famous, a virgin Queen of France. It tells of her wisdom and her treasures, ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4861
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Scope & Content:: BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. V (ff. 387). Four Historical Sagas relating to families in Iceland, from its colonisation in the 9th cent. till the Viz.:- (1) 'Vatnsdaela': in 71 chapters. Story of the family of Ingemund the Old, at Vatnsdalr in Húnavatns Sýsla in north Iceland. It tells of his ancesto...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4862
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Scope & Content:: BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. VI (ff. 169). Biographical Sagas relating to Icelanders in the 10th and 11th centt., with one romantic saga; 18th cent. 'No. 45' according to a note on f. 1. Viz.:- (1) 'Haensna Þórers Saga': in 14 chapters. Story of a feud between Haensa- Þórir (so called because he tra...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4863
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Scope & Content:: BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. VII (ff. 422). Collection of Romantic Sagas, none of them relating to Iceland, including a translation and some adaptations of foreign romances; 18th cent. 'No. 46' according to a note on f. 1. Viz.:- (1) 'Eyreks Vydförla Saga'. Story of Eric the Widefarer, son of the fi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4864
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Scope & Content:: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4865
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Scope & Content:: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4866
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Scope & Content:: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4867
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Scope & Content:: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4868
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Scope & Content:: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4869
Title:
Scope & Content:: 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

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