Jónsbók :
manuscript fair copy.
Description
- Language(s)
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Old Norse
- Published
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Iceland, circa 1550.
- Summary
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Manuscript fair copy on vellum, with many scribal abbreviations. Rubricated, with decorated initials. Rebound in white calf, with contrasting morocco spine label. Housed in clamshell box. Its original binding, together with its original sewing material and supports, is housed in a separate clamshell box, lettered Lögbók Íslendinga on spine.
- Note
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Provenance: Willard Fiske (bookplate). Purchased from Quaritch in London in 1886.
- Physical Description
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1 volume (approximately 306 pages) ;
20 cm
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