Miscellaneous pieces relating to Iceland, written in various hands chiefly of the 18th cent.
File
MS. Boreal 133
Held in our offsite storage facility
Comprises:
- (fol. 2) paraphrase of the Iliad, in Icelandic verse, imperfect at beginning
- (fol. 93) a poem on Eberhard, duke of Westphalia (fol. 46), a poem on Amurath, sultan of the Turks
- (fol. 158) poems on the infancy of Christ.
A MS. which had not in 1832 been printed.
Dates
- Creation: written in various hands chiefly of the 18th cent.
Extent
178 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Icelandic
Shelfmark
MS. Boreal 133
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 20774
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 1/4 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk