Messu saung bk [together with miscellaneous prayers in another hand]

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 857
  • Dates of Creation
    • ca.1775-1800
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Icelandic
  • Physical Description
    • 1 vol. (142 ff.) Interleaved with four sectional dividers of blue paper. Signature of B. T. Melsted, 1879, on front fly-leaf

Scope and Content

Contents: (1) Messu saung bk, ff. 1-93v; (2) Miscellaneous prayers, ff. 94r-end. Includes music. The liturgy is that of the Thjodkirkja Islands.

Administrative / Biographical History

The compiler of the book is unknown

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

From the library of B. T. Melsted, received 1929

Note

In Icelandic

Custodial History

Once in the collection of Ptur Gudjonsson (1812-1877), organist at Reykyavik