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31. Add MS 4879

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

32. Add MS 4898

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XLII (ff. 140). Collection of medical receipts; 15th cent. Begins (f. 25) 'Nota quod dicimus illam-medicinam esse calidam' and continues on ff. 25b-130b (contemporary foliation 1-104b), being followed by an alphabetical index (ff. 131-136b) giving references to the origina...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
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1 item

33. 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...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and Icelandic
Date Range:
1669-1690
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1 item

34. Add MS 4875

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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...
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Western Manuscripts
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Danish, English, German, and Icelandic
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

35. Add MS 4873

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XVII (ff. 60). Jónsbók: the code of laws promulgated in Iceland by Jón Einarsson in 1280, at the instigation of King Magnús Lagabaetir; 15th cent. The Jónsbók was printed at Hólar in 1578 under the title of Lögbok Islendinga. Vellum. Gatherings, i7 , ii-iii8, iv9, v-vi 8, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and Icelandic
Date Range:
15th century
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1 item

36. 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...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
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 4876

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

39. Add MS 4883

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

40. 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
Languages:
English and Icelandic
Date Range:
1712
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1 item