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31. Add MS 4886

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XXX (ff. 103). Lives of the Apostles: 18th cent. '10' according to a note on f. 1. Viz.:- (1) Peter: in 14 chapters with a 15th on the Passion of Peter and Paul. ff. 2-24b;- (2) John: in 12 chapters. ff. 24b-42;- (3) James: in 4 chapters. ff. 42-47b;- (4) Bartholomew: in 2...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and Icelandic
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

32. Add MS 4887

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XXXI (ff. 148). Jónsbók: the code of Laws promulgated in 1280 by Jón Einarsson, at the instigation of King Magnús Lagabaetir; 1644. See also Add. MS. 4873. This copy, which has a coloured title-page and coloured initials in imitation of German art of the 13th cent., was ma...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and Icelandic
Date Range:
1644
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1 item

33. Add MS 4888

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XXXII (ff. 52).'Psal[t]erium natale edur faedingar psaltare'. Thirty Psalms on the Incarnation and Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ by Gunnlaugr Snorrason, priest at Helgafell in west Iceland (d. 1796); 18th cent. The psalms were printed at Hólar in 1747. 'No. 29' accordi...
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Western Manuscripts
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Danish, English, and Icelandic
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

34. Add MS 4889

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XXXIII (ff. 120). Lucidarius: an Icelandic adaptation of part of the German work of instruction called 'Lucidarius' which was composed at the instance of Duke Henry the Lion (d. 1195); 18th cent.'No. 31'according to a note on f. 1. It is in the form of a master's answers ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and Icelandic
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

35. Add MS 4890

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XXXIV (ff. 93). 'Graduale Islandicum': a musical service-book of the Icelandic church, containing liturgical chants, hymns and psalms; 17th cent. 'No. 24' according to a note on f. 1. There is an alphabetical list of first lines at the end. Music: Graduale, with music: 17...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and Icelandic
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

36. Add MS 4891

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XXXV (ff. 109). A Collection of Psalms and other devotional works in verse; 18th cent. 'No. 21' according to a note on f. 1. The name Gisli Þorkelsson appears on f. 108b. Viz.:- (1) 'Taara Pressa'. A series of 29 psalms, most of them penitential, translated by Steinn Jón...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and Icelandic
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

37. Add MS 4892

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XXXVI (ff. 60). Catholic Hymnbook, containing hymns, psalms and prayers; ?18th cent. Vellum. 'No. 41'according to a note on f. 1. Many of the items appear also in Add. MS. 11179. For a discussion of the date of this MS. see J. Þorkelsson, 'Islandske Handskrifter i Englan...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and Icelandic
Date Range:
?18th century
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1 item

38. Add MS 4893

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XXXVII (ff. 91). Transcript of the 6th edition of the 50 holy meditations of Johannes Gerhardus (Meditationes Sacrae, Leyden, 1627), versified in 51 psalms by Sigurðr Jónsson, priest of Presthólar (d. 1661); 1712. 'No. 26' according to a note on f. 2. First printed at Hóla...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and Icelandic
Date Range:
1712
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1 item

39. Add MS 4894

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XXXVIII (ff. 74). 'Graduale'. A series of metrical psalms for all Sundays and holidays throughout the year, founded on the epistle of the day, by Pétr Einarsson, a provincial Judge at Ballará in West Iceland (d. 1666). Icelandic. Copied by Einar Oddson the Younger at Stein...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Icelandic
Date Range:
1751
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1 item

40. Add MS 4895

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XXXIX (ff. 96). Book of Hours, etc., containing prayers and hymns in Latin, followed by some prayers in Icelandic; 15th cent. Vellum. 'No. 30' according to a note on f. 1. Viz:- (1) Miscellaneous prayers. ff. 1 b-13;- (2) Hymns and prayers to the Virgin. ff. 13-33b;- (3) H...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15th century
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1 item