GB 0103 MS ICELANDIC 2 - Edda (1826)

1 volume containing 66 leaves

Presentation copy to Sir G Dasent from E Magnússon, with autograph inscription. Viking Society stamps and bookplate of Albany F Major.
GB 0103 MS ICELANDIC 2 1826 Collection (fonds) 1 volume containing 66 leaves

'Edda' comprises a body of ancient Icelandic literature contained in two books, the Prose (or Younger) Edda and the Poetic (or Elder) Edda, and constitutes the fullest source for modern knowledge of Germanic mythology. The Prose Edda was written by the Icelandic chieftain, poet,and historian Snorri Sturluson, probably in 1222-1223, and is a textbook intended to instruct young poets in the metres of the early Icelandic skalds (court poets) and to provide the Christian age with an understanding of the mythological subjects referred to in early poetry. The Poetic Edda is a manuscript of the later 13th century, but containing older materials (hence the 'Elder' Edda), and contains mythological and heroic poems of unknown authorship, usually dramatic dialogues in a terse and archaic style, composed from the 9th to the 11th century.

Presentation copy to Sir G Dasent from E Magnússon, with autograph inscription. Viking Society stamps and bookplate of Albany F Major.

Major Bequest.

Manuscript volume, 1826, labelled on the spine 'Edda Snorra Sturlusonar', containing selections: Skrifud á Stavafelli í Loniinnann Aústur Skaptafells Sýsin, af Petri Sveinssyni ...

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Paper manuscript bound in vellum. One hand, with ornamented title-page and initials and headings. 20cm.

List at University College London Special Collections.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica online. Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Aug 2001 Europe Iceland Mythology Northern Europe Religious history Western Europe

Major Bequest.

Manuscript volume, 1826, labelled on the spine 'Edda Snorra Sturlusonar', containing selections: Skrifud á Stavafelli í Loniinnann Aústur Skaptafells Sýsin, af Petri Sveinssyni ...

Open.

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

• anglais

• latin

Icelandic

List at University College London Special Collections.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais