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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...
Collection Area:
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 4860

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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

6. Add MS 4861

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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

7. Add MS 4862

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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

8. Add MS 4863

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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

9. 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

10. 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