Copies of several collections of specimens of Icelandic metres, written in the 18th cent.
The only personal names of writers are Hallur Magnusson (fol. 5) and Gudmundur Þordarsson (fol. 18).
Throughout the book are notes and small indexes by Jón Olafsson de Grunnavica: and some short poems are interspersed.
A probably unique MS., the autograph of the translator.
Dates
- Creation: written in the 18th cent.
Extent
34 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Icelandic
Shelfmark
MS. Boreal 74
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 20715
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 1/2 × 6 3/4 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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