- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1700; ca. 1650]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 508
- Image Count:
- 190
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- 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., and Binding: Modern white parchment over cardboard.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England., Connecticut, New Haven., and Iceland
- Subject (Name):
- Edward, King of England, -924.
- Subject (Topic):
- Law, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Anglo-Saxon law; Annals of Iceland
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