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Anglo-Saxon law; Annals of Iceland
Title
Anglo-Saxon law; Annals of Iceland.
Created
England (?); Iceland, [ca. 1700; ca. 1650]
Physical Description
ff. i + 89 + i : paper ; 190 x 162 mm.
Language
Icelandic; Latin
Notes
Script: Part I (ff. 1-16): Written by one hand in Humanistic Cursive script. Part II (ff. 17-89): Gothica Cursiva for the Icelandic text, Humanistic Cursive script for the English text written in the margin.
The acidity of the ink of the Icelandic text has damaged the paper.
Binding: Modern white parchment over cardboard.
In Latin (Part I) and Icelandic (Part II).
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Albert Derolez.
Provenance
Purchased in 1971 from L. Larsen. Gift of the Yale Library Associates.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on paper in two parts. Part I (ca. 1700): 1) Treaty between Edward the Elder, King of England and Guthrun II, King of the Danes in East Anglia, 905-906. 2) Leges Edouardi regis, the Laws issued by King Edward the Elder (ca. 902-ca. 924) or Edward the Confessor (d. 1066). Part II (ca. 1650): 3) Annals of Iceland, 636-1394, with partial Latin translation in the margins. Here ascribed by another 17th-century hand to the Icelandic humanist Arngrimur Jonsson (1568-1648).
Publications
C. E. Lutz, "Manuscripts Copied from Printed Books", in Lutz, Essays, (originally published 1975), pp. 129-38, specially p. 135.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
February 07, 2011
References
Anglo-Saxon Law. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Anglo-Saxon Law. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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