Rymbegla, sive rudimentum computi ecclesiastici et annalis veterum Islandorum, in qvo etiam continentur chronologica, geographica, astronomica, geometrica, theologica, nonnulla ex historia universali & naturali rariora / Qvam ex manuscriptis Legati Arna-Magnæani versione Latina, lectionum varietate, notis in materiam computisticam, indice vocum Rymbeglæ propriarum, & rerum in partem historicam auxit Stephanus Biörnonis Isl. Addita sunt 1. Talbyrdingus ejusdem notis illustratus, 2. Oddi astronomi Somnia, 3. Joh. Arnæ et 4. Finni Johannæi Horologia.

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1780
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Rímbegla. nr 97026918

Publication/Creation

Havniæ : Typis A.F. Steinii [for P.F. de Suhm], 1780.

Physical description

574, 28, 33, 25, 68 pages, 31 unnumbered pages including tables, 11 plates (1 folded) : vignette on half-title ; (4to)

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Talbyrðingr

Notes

Icelandic and Latin on opposite pages
"The name Ríbegla ... refers properly only to the first part, viz. p. 1-114 in this edition: this treatise is preserved in an Icelandic ms. of the twelfth century ... and is so called by the author, whose name is unknown"--Cleasby, Icelandic-English dictionary, p. xi
Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 5 - 10 December 1898. Binding: 18th century sprinkled sheep with gold tooling on spine; text block edges decorated in blue. MS note on flyleaf "of this edition only a small number were printed for presents. Another edition appeared in 1801". Inscription on verso of title page: 'Ex donatione perillustris Suhmii habet Wilhelmus Ernestus Christiani'. Signature of Christiani and manuscript notes on verso of title page. Ms notes in text. Bookplate of Frances Mary Richardson Currer. Book label of William Morris Kelmscott House.

Contents

Rymbegla. I.-IV. partur.--Talbyrdingus.--Stiörnu Odda draumur.--Eiktamörk islendsk.--Sciagraphia horologii islandici veteris et novi.

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