Manuscript Detail

Rask 92

Miscellany ; Iceland, 1790-1810

Contents

1 (1r-32v)
Rímur af Arnljóti upplendingakappa
Rubric

Rymur Af Søgu þætte | Arnlióts Upplendinga Kappa

Note

Consisting of eleven rímur cantos.

Language of Text
Icelandic
2 (33-37)
Ríma af Hallvarði Lestamanni
Rubric

Af | Hallvarde Lestamanne

Note

Consisting of one ríma authored 1783 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. The name of the poet is written in runes.

Language of Text
Icelandic
3 (38r)
Note on the Character of the English Nation
Rubric

anekdote

Statement of Responsibility

Recipient : Suhm

Language of Text
Danish
Text Class
4 (39-49)
Striðstilburðir mellum Danskra og Englelskra 1801
Rubric

Stríds-Tilburder millum Danskra og Engelskra 1801 vid K. H. Seidelin

Note

Translated from the Danish printed book Krigstildragelser imellem Danmark og England fra d. 30 Marts 1801 til Begyndelsen af Stilstands Underhandlingerne den 2den April s. A.. Includes an added Plan over Slaget i Kongedybet (Plan of the Battle of Copenhagen) and an list of the Danish and English battleships.

Language of Text
Icelandic
Text Class

Physical Description

Support
Paper.
No. of leaves
i+49+i. A few blank pages. 172 null x 107 null
Binding

Parts of a discarded letter in Icelandic was used as material for the last flyleaf and the lower pastedown.

History

Origin
Iceland, c. 1800.
Provenance

Before the manuscript came into possession of Rask it belonged to hreppstjóri Þorsteinn Gíslason.

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