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1. Add MS 4857-4900

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BANKS COLLECTION
Scope & Content:
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

2. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Icelandic
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 4880

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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

4. 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

5. Add MS 4871

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BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XV (ff. 54). Short Icelandic-Latin Dictionary; 18th cent. Letter D, which is treated more fully than the other letters, is not included in the original compilation, but is inserted in the middle of letter R (ff. 17-47b). 'No. 51'according to a note on f. 1. Icelandic MSS ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. 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

7. Add MS 4878

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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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Add MS 4874

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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