Anglo-Saxon law; Annals of Iceland

Description

Title: Anglo-Saxon law; Annals of Iceland
Contributor: Arngrímur Jónsson, 1568-1648.
Published / Created: [ca. 1700; ca. 1650]
Publication Place: England (?); Iceland
Abstract: 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).
Description: In Latin (Part I) and Icelandic (Part II).
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.
Provenance: Purchased in 1971 from L. Larsen. Gift of the Yale Library Associates.
Extent: ff. i + 89 + i : 190 x 162 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Icelandic
Latin

Genre: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): England.
Connecticut
New Haven.
Iceland
Subject (Name): Edward, King of England, -924.
Subject (Topic): Law
Manuscripts, Medieval
History
Subjects: Edward, King of England, -924
Law > England
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Iceland > History
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Anglo-Saxon Law. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.