Icelandic poems, written in the 18th cent.
File
MS. Boreal 118
Comprises:
- (fol. 4) 'Aar klyder', a moral poem on the six-fold division of the year, applied to man's life
- (fol. 56) '... Kross Rymur ...' by Sigurd Jonsson: at end 'Ender Adams Hymna', the poem being partly about Adam
- (fol. 72v) 'Spakmæla Rymur', by Jonas Thorsteinsson, A.D. 1625, philosophical maxims in verse
- (fol. 80) 'Elle kvæde', by Jón Magnusson.
Dates
- written in the 18th cent.
Extent
88 Leaves
Language of Materials
Icelandic
Shelfmark
MS. Boreal 118
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 20759
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'.
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
6 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk