Fragment of the Book of Sirach in Icelandic Parchment, one leaf, 130 x 180 mm, Iceland, 2nd half of 16th century.
Manuscript Identification
Repository: Bergen University Library
Signature: MS 1836, 2
Introduction In 1981 Bergen University Library bought this fragment, together with 1836, 1, a-b, from the antiquarian bookshop Cappelens Antikvariat, Oslo. The fragment contains text from a an Icelandic translation of the Book of Sirach.
Manuscript Content
Text from Gissur Einarssons Icelandic translation of the Book of Sirach. Corresponds to text edited by Chr. Westergård-Nielsen (see bibliography).
Physical Description Parchment, two fragments from the same leaf, 110 x 80 mm
History Origin: Written in Iceland probably in the 2nd half of the 16th century.
Acquisition:
According to information from the antiquarian bookshop Cappelens Antikvariat, Oslo, this fragment like 1836 1, a-b, has belonged since around year 1850, to the philologist and book collector George Stephens (1813-1895), professor of English language at the University of Copenhagen, thereafter it belonged to his son, landowner Joseph Stephens at Huseby in Skateløv (Småland), and lastly to his sons daugther. From her inheritors the fragment together with 1836 1, a-b, was acuired by Cappelens antique bookshop.
Bibliography - Chr. Westergård-Nielsen in Bibliotheca Arnagmagnæanæ, vol. 15, pp. 27.6-31.10.
- Holm-Olsen, Ludvig. Et blad av et håndskrift av Gissur Einarssons oversettelse av Jesu Siraks bok (Ecclesiasticus), UB Bergen Ms 1836. 2. In: Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana. Vol. 39. Opuscula 9. København 1991, pp. 166-171.
- Tveitane, Mattias et. al.: Bergen University Library Manuscript Catalogue [unpublished]
Manuscript description revised and extended by Mattias Tveitane.
Published 2005.
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