'þennann efterfylgiande Part Bökarennar Eddu kalla sumer Menn Skalldu: og talar fyrst um hliödsgrein', a treatise on the kinds and grammatical style of the old Icelandic poetry, written in the 18th cent.
Beg. 'Hvad eru Hliodsgreyner ? Þrennar': at end 'Endar Skällda'.
Part of this treatise appears to be from the Eddu-brot in the Edda Snorra Storlusonar. On fol. 14-16 are a Runic alphabet, some notes of events, 1617-30, etc.
A probably unique MS.
Dates
- Creation: written in the 18th cent.
Extent
17 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Icelandic
Shelfmark
MS. Boreal 69
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 20710
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 1/4 × 6 5/8 in.
Repository Details
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