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21. 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

22. Add MS 4872

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XVI (ff. 216). Annals, from the beginning of the world to 1611; 18th cent. According to the heading, these annals were compiled and written by Guðbrandr Jónsson of Vatnsfjörðr. 'No. 39' according to a note on f. 1. Gudbrandr Jónsson, Pastor of Vatnsfjördr, west Iceland: A...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and Icelandic
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

23. Add MS 4884

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XXVIII (ff. 215). Five romantic Sagas, together with one historical saga; 18th cent. 'No. 37' according to a note on f. 1. Viz.:- (1) 'Sagann af Pontiano Keisara og Þeim Sio Vysu Meisturumm': story of the Emperor Pontianus and the Seven Wise Masters. The Latin original o...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Icelandic
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

24. 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
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English and Icelandic
Date Range:
1751
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1 item

25. 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,...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Icelandic
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
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1 item

26. Add MS 4869

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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...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Icelandic
Date Range:
1679-1680
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1 item

27. 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...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Icelandic, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

28. Add MS 4866

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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...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Icelandic
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

29. 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
Languages:
English and Icelandic
Date Range:
1644
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1 item

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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...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Icelandic
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item