Miscellaneous pieces respecting old Icelandic law, written in more than one hand of the 17th cent.
File
MS. Boreal 40
Held in our offsite storage facility
Includes:
- (fol. 2) law forms and rules
- (fol. 22v) royal constitutions, 1507-1628
- (fol. 38v) important synodalia, 1573-95
A MS. which had not in 1832 been printed.
Dates
- Creation: written in more than one hand of the 17th cent.
Extent
74 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Icelandic
Shelfmark
MS. Boreal 40
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. IV, no 20681
A catalogue by Magnusen, dated 1828, is in the Library, and was printed in 1832 with the title 'Catalogus...codicum cliii manuscriptorum Borealium præcipuæ Islandicæ originis, ...autcore... Finno Magnæo, Islando'.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
8 1/8 × 6 5/8 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk