10 BOOKS PEINTEI) 30. Graduale | Ein Almeneleg | Mossu- saungs Book, | Ym pali Saung og Ceremoniur sem j Kyrkiune | eiga ad syngiast og halldast hier j Lande, eptor godre x christelegro | Sid- veniu som og vors allra Nmdugasta Arpa Kongs og Ilerra, | Christians þoss Fimta Iíyr- kiu Ritual. |,— I Editio vii. | Þryckt j Skail- hollto ap Jone Snorrasyne, [ Anno ÍDomini M. DC. LXLVII. Obl. 8.° in 6s. íf. [12], pp. 1-328, ff. [9]. Tlie last ‘Graduale’ of tlie century, and tlie second and final one printed at Skálliolt. The contents are tlie sanie as in the preccding cdition of 1691 (see B. M. Cat., col. 6) except that tliis has one additional page of matter (328), contain- ing a Bænar Psalmur and tlie 128tli Psalmur Davids prcceding the index. The title-page of this 1697 edition is in black , tliat of 1691 in red. The preface is tliat of Bp. Þórður Þorláksson, dated 10 Februarij 1691. Tho index (Regestur) begins on tlie obverse of the first of tlie final unnumbered folios, and ends f. [3]b, occupying one pago less space than in tlie 1691 impression, tho errata being sliorter. At the end of tlie index is tlie corrcction of a misprint in the ‘Hugvekiu Bok’ issued at 8kálholt in 1695. The final page, as in the edition of 1691, has in the centre a woodcut of a skull, sorpent and crucifix, vvith Biblical passages at top and bottom, and tlio date- iuscription, Endad j Sklli. | Sama Ar 22. Febr.—The copy lias folios [11] and [12] of tho preliminary matter, and pp. 1-10 in neat manuscript, replacing missing leavcs.—Seo Bibl. Not. I., no. 33, and in this issuo nos. 8, 38, 49 and 78. 31. Meletematum Piorum [ Tesseradeoas, | Edur Eiortan | Gudrækelegar | Vmþeinkingar | CHristens Manus, | Sio ad Morgne x sio ad Kvollde | Viku livorrar, | Samanteknar, Af | f’eim Hoidurlega í liaitt VpiJliista Kiene-| Manno | Sal. Sr. Iiallgrijme Peturs | Sino, Pordum Sooknar Iíerra ad Saur-|Bæ a Iival- uiardarstrond. | — | Prickt ad niju a Iloolum i Hialtadal j Anno M. DCC. IV. 8.° IT. [48] ; sig. A—F ; initials and ornamcnts ; pagi- naí catclivvords. Contcnts:—Title-folio, on reverse a woodcut, Moses receiving tlie tables, vvitli scriptural passages; text, ff. [2]a-[31]b; hymn, vvitli music, Eirn Hartnæmar Bænar Psa-|lmur, translated from tlio Da- nisli l>y Páll Jóusson Vidalin, [40]ab; morning and eve- ning hymns (2), vvith music, [41]a-[43]a; four hymns, Ferpallt | Ar Tijda OíFur, by Sigurbur Jónsson, [43]a- f46]b; Latin ode to Bp. Björn Þorleifsson on tlie reöstab- lishment of the prcss at Hólar by Jón Jónsson , [47]ab; liymn on tho same evcnt by Magnús Illugason, [47]b- [48]b.—Tliis vvas tlio first volume printed at Hólar after the rcstoration of tlie printing-ofiice to the Nortliern see, vvhence it liad beeu removed to Skálliolt in 1685. Tlic odo in lionor of the revival of typography at Hólar, by Jón Jónsson (d. 1707 , aged 27), pastor of Möðruvellir (í Hörgárdal), is tlius printed in the Latin letter:— OFFICINAai TYPOGRAPIIICAM Erigenti Manui Nobiliss. Ampliss. & Celeberrimi Mag. BIORNONIS TIIORLEVII Diœceseos Iiolanæ Episcopi Vigilantissimi PATRONI æternum colendi, IIoc Non Magnum, sed ox Magno Affectu, Synccri Cordis TECMERION Offert Addictiss. ipsius client: JONAS lONÆUS. ad Templ. S. August. Modruvallens Past. Pr. Qvid ruit? o Superi, qvi sic, cur terra movetur Quid saliunt colles, reboatqj in rupib9 eclio Cur sic pars Patriæ Borealis tota resultat? J'it video cineres IIOLIS saltare Paternos. Qvid mirum? Domus, ecce, recens viduata recepit Qvam prius amisit Laudem, Magno® Superbit Vertice, cui vitam debet rediviva, decusqve. Sic tibi grande decus Divum, ccleberrimo Præsul, Elicuit Virtus Genorosi Pectoris ignem, Qvo , velut exsurgcns Nomen revirescit avorum. Sic Magni recreas GUDbrandi laudibus Ossa, Et Patrios cineres centum Virtutibus ornas. Felicem Patriam; qvæ tali a Sole calentes Attraliit igniculos , qveis cæcas discutit umbras ; Siccine te^Patriæ Custos, Tua facta probabunt, Atcg Tuum referent Nomen curamqj fidelom. Ergo Tibi, Præsul, grates persolvimus omnes, Qvotqvot in liac Patriæ Borcalis parto vigemus Suppliciterqj DEum devoto corde precamur, Successum Magnis faustum couatibus addat. At TU viva diu veræ virtutis Imago Vive Tuis, Nobis, Musis, Patriæqj sujjerstes. The liymn on the same tlieme has tho following head- ing:—Nockur Lioodmælc | Edur Sauugvers. j Oskande til Langvarlíde Lucku, Framgangs | og Farsælldar pvi blessada ? Loplega Er|vide Prentverksins sem ad niju uppreist er | af Vel-Edla og Vel-Eruverdugu Mag. | Birne Thorleips sinc Superintend. | Hoola Biskups-Dæmis., and is subscribed: Ilafis Vel-Edla Herrad. fatækur | Þienare og Fircrbidiare i Dr. | Magnus Illuga Son P. e. li.; the autlior, Magnús Illugason (d. 1715), was pastor of Húsavik. The piece consists of 9 stanzas, and begins : Sæll Hieronymus samlijker, sofiu | Evangelio; and two of tlie lincs in tlie fifth stanza are: Preutverked mæta | hfis merking bar, Hia Mofiu ifiafilands. — Editions of these devotional meditations by tlie sublime poet, Hall- grímur Pótursson—usually styled ‘Sjö guðrækilegar Um- þeinkingar’—are cited as follows:—1677, 1682, 1688, 1692, 1717,1773 and 1794; for the earliest one see no. 19. The coilection lacks tliose of 1682 and 1794. 32. Psalterium passionale j Edur | Pijs- lar- Psal-[taro | Vt af [ Pijnu og Dauda [ DBot- tons vors JEsu Christi j Med Lærdoms-pullre Textans [ Vtskijringu, | Agiætlega Vppsettur, Af | Þeim Heidurs-verda og Andrijka | Kiefie- mane | Sal. S. Hallgrijme Pet|urssine, Eordum Sooknar-Herra ad Saur [ Bæ a Hvalpiardar Strönd. | Editio VI. [ — | Priokt a Hoolum i Hiallta-Dal, Au ! Marteine Arnodds[sine, An- no M. DCCIV. sm. 8.° ff. [16], pp. 1-192; sig., [16 ff.], A—M; or- naments and initials ; page-lines, 23, exclusive of rnn- ning title, and signature lines; paginal catchwords; run- ning-title, Pijslar | Psaltare ; music in text (p. 1); marginal referenctfs. Contcnts [Preliminary matter, title-fo- lio, preface by Bp. Björn Þorleifsson, a socond preface, Til Lesarans, aud a piece of Latin verse], ff. [1]-[16]; text, Þeir fimmtiu Ileilbgu Passiu | Psalmar., pp. 1-191- errata and ornaments, p. 192.—A vory imperfect copy ofBp. Björn Þorleifsson’s edition of tlio ‘Passion Ilymns,’ liaving a writteu title-page, but lacking all tlie rest of the preliminary matter, and also folio H4.—See tlie in- teresting descrii»tion of tliis edition in Dr. Grimur Thom- sen’s memorial edition of the liymnologist’s poems (1887), i. pp. 382-384. See also no. 13. 33. Ilvss-Postilla | Þad Er j Skijr og Ein- po- lld ivtþijding, yfer oll Sun-|nudaga og Hav- tijda Evangelia, sem Ared umjkrijng, utlogd og Predikud verda, j Christe-|legre Kirkiu. [ I Hvorre pramsetiast Lærdoomar, Hngganer [sic] og j Aminingar, ivt af sierhvoriu Gud- sjvialle, Gude Eilijpum first x prejmsttil JEru, Dijrdar x Vegsemdar, En GoodQ i Fromu Guds j Bornum hier i Lande, sem liana idka vilia, til Savl-jargagns og Nitsomdar. | Annar Parturenn. | Pra Trinitatis Sunudeige og til Adventu | Med Kostgiæpne Samantekenn, Ap Ilerra Gijsla Thorlakssine Superinten- dente Hoola Stiptis. j (Blessadrar Miningar) | — j Prickt ad niju a Hoolum i Hiallta Dal, Af j Marteine Arnodds-Syne, Ano 1704. 4.° ff. [170] ; sig. A—Þ, Aa—Tt [ij]. Tlie text begins on the reverse of the titlo-page, and cnds on the reverse of tlie fiual folio (170) at bottom, the last line being : adur ad Eilijfu, AMEN., followed by an ornament. Tho main lino of the title-page (Skijr og Einp-), as in other

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