IN ICELAND 17 and 475 ; marginal references. Con/enls:—T.-p.; For- maile 'Gooöpwsum Lesara) ff. lb-Gb, signed: Thorlakur Skwlason; Innehald edur Registur, ff. 5a - Gb ; text (Heilaga Hugvekiur), pp. 1-475 (Ender llookarenar., followed by an ornament); Meining þeirra Latinsku Málsgreina, p. 475 rev.- f. 3 obv. [sig. Ff. vj obv.] ; Lijtel Uppvakningar Aminning, ff. 3b - 9a. —For an account of the Icelandic version of this work composed in Latin by the German theologian, Johann Gerhard, see Bibl. Not. I, no. 40; but the list of editions is to be corrected as follows :— 1. Hólar 1G30 (a copy in the lcel Nat. Library, Reykjavík) ; 2. Hólar 1G34 (Cop. Roy. Library ; W. F.); 3. Hólar 16G0 (Cop. Roy. Lib- rary ; W. F.) 4. Hólar 1G74 (Brit. Mus. Library ; W. F.); 5. Skálholt 1695 (Icel. Nat. Library; Cop. Roy. Library; W. F.); 6. Hólar 1728 (W. F.); 7. Hólar 1745 ; 8. Hólarl753; 9. Hólar 1774. Tliis collection has perfect copies of all the editions except the first. 32. Alþyngis | Ðookenj Ilapádejne ad halldaþadsem gi0rdest og prammpoorjiianl Vebanda ai almenelegu 0xarair - Pin«je | Aimo 1696. | □ | Epter Osk og .porlage Vel- Edla og Velburdigs Hr. Christi f ans Muller til Katterup. Kongl. Mayst. Amptmans a Islande, etc. | Samt Alvarle^re Vmbeidne Lpgmanna beggia, Hr. Sigurdar Bj|0rnsson- ar e Hr. Lavridtsar Christianssonar | Gott- rup. Eirneh Landþings skriparans Spfren Matthyssonar, | Med Consens og Samþycke þess Hailoplega Cancelli Collegii j Kaupen- hapn. | — | Prentud j Skalhollte, Ap Joone Snorrasyne, | Anno 1696. 4.° ff. [14], sigs. A—D (the last in 2); vignette on title-page rep.-esenting the coat - of - arms of Iceland ornaments at bcginning of text; paginal catchwords Conten/s:— Title-page; Approbationes ad þijngbo- okeii ai Prent wtganga meige, f. lb ; text (beginning I Nafne Heilagrar IJrenningar, followed by a list of mein- bers of the Assembly; Nuin. I-XXVIII), ff. 2a-14b, signed at end by Söffryn Mathiesson (autograph signa- ture), the secretary of the Althing. This is the first prin- ted report of the proceedings of the Althing. The col- lection now possesses all the 73 volumes which were printed of the^e proceedings the copies beingall complete but those of thc ycars 1720, 172G and 17G9. For a general description of this series sec Bibl. Not. I. no. 27. In the Brit. Mus. Cat. only two volumes areto be found, nainely 1773 and 1779.— The collection likewise possesses MS.- copies of the “Alþingisbækur” or “Lögþingisbækur” for the following years : 1GG7-G8,1670 80, 1G82-86, 1G88-90, 1G92, 1701-00, 1709-11, 1717, 1729, 1733, 1738, 1746, 1759, 17G2, a few of which are a little defective or mutilated. 33. Alþvngis | Booken | Hapande jnne ad hallda þad sem giprdest og prammpoor| jnnan Vebanda ai almenelegu 0xar rnr Pinge, Anno 1697. | Prentud j Skalhollte, Ap Joone Snorrasyne, | Anno 1697. 4.° ff. [14] ; sigs. A—D (the last in 2). No title-page; paginal catchwords. Con/ents:— litle, f. la; text (beginning: I Napae þeirrar heil0gu Guddoomsins þreii- ingar followed by list of members; Num. I-XLII). ff. la-14b ; Errata, f. 14b; the verification by the Secrc- tary (Söfren Matthíasson) with his autograph signa- turc, f. 14b. 34. Alþinges | Booken | Hafande ine ad halldaþad sem gi0rdest og frainmfoor| inan Vebanda ai almenelegu 0xarair Pinge, Anno 1704. | íh'ickt ai Hoolum i Hialtadal, Ap Marteine Arnoddssvne | Anno 1704. 4.° ff. [1G]; sig. A—D; initials; paginal catchwords. Contents:— Title, f. la;text (beginning with invo- cation to the Trinity, followed by a list of members; Num. I—XXIII), ff. la-15b, (autographic verification by Sigurður SigurÖsson); Registur, f. 16ab; Errata, f. 16b. Ttiis is the third printed record of the Althing. * 35. AppendixJEdur | Vidbæter Book- arenar | 1. Evchologia theoreticospractica.| Sein er| Tvær| Heitsdags Predikaner| A þan veniulega Heits og Bænadag sein i Hoola«| Stipte allvijdasthallden er z inpellur Aarlega a þan Fir | sta þridiudag Einmainadar. I Og 2. Vestalia christiana| Edur, Ein stutt Pre- dikvn| A Sumardagen Firstaj Hid einfalld- legasta samanteknar | Ap Byrne Thorleifs- svne, Sup. Hool. St. | Psalm: 50. v: 14.1 Öj3pra þu Drottne I.of<i0rdene og gialld enuin Hædsta þijn Heit. | — | Prentad a Hoolum i Hialltadal Ano 1706. 4.° ff. [12] ; sigs. A—C; 6-line and other Gothic initials ; running titles and catchwords ; page 15 x 12; page-lines, 40; large printer’s ornament at end. Contents: T.-f., on rev. tcxt: Firre Heitdags Predikun, ff. lb-5a; Aunur Heitdags Predikun. ff. 5a-8b; A Sumardagen Fir- sta, ff. 8b-llb; Ein almeiieleg Bæn epter Predikun a Hcit Dagen, f. 12ab; Errata, f. I2b, followed by a large ornament.— Bp. Björn Lorleifsson of Hólar was by marriage nephew of Bp. Gísli Lorláksson, the last edition of whose Postilla he edited. The first volume was prin- ted in 1706 (Bibl. Not IV. no. 35), the second volume two years earlier in 1704 (Bibl. Not. IV. no. 33.) Another edition of thc second volume was printed in 1710. To these volumes Bp. Björn himself added two appendices. The first was issucd with the second volume (1704) and bore the date 1705 (Bibl. Not. IV. no. 34) and was reprin- ted with that volume of the Postilla in 1710 (Bibl. Not. I. no. 2G) ; the second appendix was the present book and bears the date (1706) of the Postilla’s first part. 36. Calen- | darium | Gregorianum | Edur | Sa Nie Still, | Vppa hv0rn Grejrorius, 13de | Pave i Rom, pan Aiio 1582. fyr | er Hialp og Lidveitslu Aloysii I Lilii Sti0rnu- meistara. j Hvar med og pylgia | Islendsk Misseraskipte,| epter þvi sem þau hafa ver- ed | brukud a tveimur næst pyrerpa- |rande 100. Aara 011dum. | — | Prentad a Hool- um,| Ap Marteine Arnoddssyne, | Aiio 1707. 12.° ff. [14], pp. 1-49, ff. [3];sigs. [A]-D (the last in 0). The pagination begins with f. 15b (»p. 1), bringing thus theodd numbrrs on the reversc of the leaves ; initials and ornaments. Contents:— Title-page; preface (Lectori Salutem) datcd Hollte þan 4 Julij Aiio 1706 and signed Jón Árnason, ff. lb-3a; calendar (each month filling two pages), ff. 3b-15a; explanation (Stutt Vtskijring yper þetta Calendarium), pp. 1-49 (a table showing “Lilii 011d ; Pactatal; Sunnudags Bókstaf; Sumarauke * Rijm- spiller” for the years 1G01 - 2000, with explanation at end, fills pp. 29-49) ; index (Stutt Registur uppa þad sem Les - Rijmed iiiehelldur), ff. la-2b ; post- scriptum (Til Lesarans), ff. 2b-3a; final page blank.—The Gregorian calendar was introduced in Iceland in the year 1700; the IGth of November that year was followed by the 28th (cp. Ordinance of April lOth, 1700, and Proclamation of the Althing of July Jst, 1700, printed in “Lovsaraling for Island” I. pp. 550-554). In his preface, Jón Árnason (at that time rector of the Hólar Cathedral school, after- wards bishop of Skálholt) states that the calendar was

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