An Icelandic common place book, containing poems, maxims, and miscellaneous matter, partly in Latin, written early in the 18th cent.
A MS. which had not in 1832 been printed.
Dates
- Creation: written early in the 18th cent.
Extent
87 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Multiple languages
- Icelandic
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Boreal 109
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 20750
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'.
Custodial History
Owned by Solveig Sveinsdotter (fol. 30v: 18th cent.).
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
6 × 3 1/2 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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