'... Psalmar ...', hymns and religious poems, with a few prose pieces, written in 1772 at Skalholt
Some of the hymns are acrostic, as on fols. 19, 23.
A probably unique MS., the autograph of the translator.
Dates
- Creation: written in 1772 at Skalholt
Extent
76 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Icelandic
Shelfmark
MS. Boreal 115
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 20756
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, binding: leather sides with coloured panels, contemporary
Dimensions
6 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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