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Icelandic sacred poems, written in about A.D. 1800 (?)

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MS. Boreal 75
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Comprises:

  1. (fol. 2) '... Mariu Likill': a hymn to the Virgin Mary, beg. 'Weittu mier eg verda mætte.'
  2. (fol. 5) 'Gamul Liödmæle umm Olaf köng Harallds son, semkalladur var hinn Helge.'
  3. (fol. 7) 'Fiandafæla Jöns Gudmundssonar'; beg. 'Jesu Dauda dreyra og fyn.'.

A MS. which had not in 1832 been printed.

Dates

  • Creation: written in about A.D. 1800 (?)

Extent

14 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • Icelandic

Shelfmark

MS. Boreal 75

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 20716

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

7 7/8 × 6 1/8 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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