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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4874
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Scope & Content:: BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XVIII (ff. 169). Seven romantic Sagas, the second having a note that it was written at Northern Skálanes in 1773; 18th cent. Articles 6 and 7 are written in a different hand from the remainder of the collection. 'No. 48' according to a note on f. 1. Viz.:- (1) 'Sagann af ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4875
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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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4876
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Scope & Content:: BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XX (ff. 120). Annals of Iceland, etc. 'Nos. 12-15' according to a note on f. 1. Viz.:- (1) An abridgement of the Annals of Björn Jónsson of Skarðsá (d. 1655) relating to events and to the weather in Iceland in the years 1400-1647. Björn's annals were published in two vol...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Icelandic
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4877
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Scope & Content:: BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XXI (ff. 228). 'Edda Saemundar Hins Fróða'. A copy of Codex Regius (R.) of the Poetical (or Elder) Edda, with marginal collations from paper MSS; followed by eight Lays from various sources; 18th cent. 'No. 11' according to a note on f. 1. The lacuna in the latter part of ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4878
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Scope & Content:: BANKS COLLECTION Vol. XXII (ff. 95). Jura ecclesiastica Norvegorum antiqua. Three ecclesiastical laws, promulgated in Norway in the 12th and 13th centt; 18th cent. 'No. 49' according to a note on f. 1. Viz.- (1) 'Kristenn Rettur Norskur (aered gamall) incerti authoris'. Printed in Norges Gamle L...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Icelandic
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4879
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Scope & Content:: BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XXIII (ff. 182). 'Vmm Sannann Christendóm og innra mannenn'. An Icelandic translation by Thorielfr Arnason, Pastor of Kálfafell and Provost of Skaftafellssýsla (d. 1713), of Books III and IV of Johann Arndt, Von wahrem Christenthum, Brunswick, 1606-1609; early 18th cent. A...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Icelandic
Date Range:: Early 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4880
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Scope & Content:: BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XXIV (ff. 442). An Icelandic-Latin Lexicon, with supplementary lists of words, including a list of proper names (ff. 352-357b) and a list of the names of plants (ff. 413-414); 18th cent. 'No. 20' according to a note on f. 1. Icelandic MSS Collection of sagas, annals, lega...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4881
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Scope & Content:: BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XXV (ff. 145). 'Islendska Graagaasinn'; 18th cent. A copy of the oldest written code of law in Iceland, called 'Grágás'. 'No. 19' according to a note on f. 2. It closely resembles Vellum MS. No. 1157, folio in the Old Royal Collection at Copenhagen. An edition of the 'Grág...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Icelandic
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4882
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Scope & Content:: BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XXVI (ff. 326). Jónsbók, together with Icelandic versions of certain Danish ordinances, a collection of decisions delivered at the Althing, etc.; 17th-18th cent. 'No. 18' according to a note on f. 1. Viz.:- (1) 'Kirkiu Ordan'. An Icelandic version of the first and second...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Icelandic
Date Range:: 17th century-18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4883
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Scope & Content:: BANKS COLLECTION- Vol. XXVII (ff. 49). Meditations on the Passion and Death of Our Redeemer: an Icelandic translation of a Danish work by Nicolas Paulsen, Professor of Theology at Copenhagen (d. 1645); 17th cent. Vellum. 'No. 50' according to a note on the fly leaf. The translation is by Ari Mag...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Icelandic
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

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