A Latin elegiac poem entitled 'Chrysoris sive Gullbringa', an encomium of the district of Gullbringa in South Iceland, by and in the hand of Jón Thorkilsson, written in the first half of the 18th cent. by J. Thorkilsson
File
MS. Boreal 85
Held in our offsite storage facility
With Latin notes by the author.
A probably unique MS., the autograph of the author.
Dates
- Creation: written in the first half of the 18th cent. by J. Thorkilsson
Extent
31 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Boreal 85
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 20726
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 3/8 × 6 7/8 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk