Manuscripts:
Ms Boreal 128
Ms Boreal 128 (1779-1788, Iceland)
Bodleian Library, OxfordFormer shelf mark: Boreal MS 20769
1. (1r-35r) Hálfs saga og HálfsrekkaLatinHistoria Halfi Norvegici Regis et ejus pugilum (Saga af Hálfi oc Hálfs-reccom)Alreckus nominatus est rexNote: Former Boreal MS 20769Note: Translation into Latin
CodexPaper35203mm x 170mmLater foliationAverage185mm x 60-160mmSigurður PéturssonUnknown
Finnur MagnússonUnknown
Info: Fols. 16r-17r
None
Plain (contemporary)
Blue cardboard cover.
1779-1788
Iceland
Finnur Magnússon: OwnerNote: On the first leaf Finnur Magnússon has written: "Latine versa ex originali perantiqvo, Islandico vel Norvegico a Sigurdo Petersen, Poeta ingeniosissimo. Exemplar autographum ac unicum simul jam exsistens. Translationem carminum, qvæ cap. XI et XII continentur addidit Finnus Magnæus. Prodiit textus originalis in volumine jam raro: Bioerneri Nordiska Kämpa-dater Holmiæ 1737 Fol., addita latina versione, multis mendis laborante."
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