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Total number of records: 76

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Brotherton Collection76
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sagas12
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Morris, William (1834-1896)40
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Snorri Sturluson (1179?-1241)6
Gudbrandur Vigfusson (1827-1889)5
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Petersen, N M (1791-1862)4
Petersen, N. M4
Crossley-Holland, Kevin2

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Archive File

Iceland

1960

Travel documents. 5 blank postcards. One postcard from Bjorn. One postcard with Berry's own handwriting with observations made during his time in Iceland.

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Iceland

1980-1981

This file contains material related to Kevin Crossley-Holland's trip to Iceland c.1980, that includes, but is not limited to: annotated typescript drafts for KCH's speech about Vigdís Finnbogadóttir...

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The Saga library : done into English out of the Icelandic (v.1)

Snorri Sturluson (1179?-1241); Eiríkr Magnússon (1833-1913); Morris, William (1834-1896)

1891-1905

Contents: I. The story of Howard the Halt. The story of the banded men. The story of Hen Thorir -- II. The story of the ere-dwellers with the story of the heath-slayings -- III-VI. The stories of the ...

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The Saga library : done into English out of the Icelandic (v.2)

Snorri Sturluson (1179?-1241); Eiríkr Magnússon (1833-1913); Morris, William (1834-1896)

1891-1905

Contents: I. The story of Howard the Halt. The story of the banded men. The story of Hen Thorir -- II. The story of the ere-dwellers with the story of the heath-slayings -- III-VI. The stories of the ...

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The Saga library : done into English out of the Icelandic (v.3)

Snorri Sturluson (1179?-1241); Eiríkr Magnússon (1833-1913); Morris, William (1834-1896)

1891-1905

Contents: I. The story of Howard the Halt. The story of the banded men. The story of Hen Thorir -- II. The story of the ere-dwellers with the story of the heath-slayings -- III-VI. The stories of the ...

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The Saga library : done into English out of the Icelandic (v.4)

Snorri Sturluson (1179?-1241); Eiríkr Magnússon (1833-1913); Morris, William (1834-1896)

1891-1905

Contents: I. The story of Howard the Halt. The story of the banded men. The story of Hen Thorir -- II. The story of the ere-dwellers with the story of the heath-slayings -- III-VI. The stories of the ...

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The Saga library : done into English out of the Icelandic (v.5)

Snorri Sturluson (1179?-1241); Eiríkr Magnússon (1833-1913); Morris, William (1834-1896)

1891-1905

Contents: I. The story of Howard the Halt. The story of the banded men. The story of Hen Thorir -- II. The story of the ere-dwellers with the story of the heath-slayings -- III-VI. The stories of the ...

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The Saga library : done into English out of the Icelandic (v.6)

Snorri Sturluson (1179?-1241); Eiríkr Magnússon (1833-1913); Morris, William (1834-1896)

1891-1905

Contents: I. The story of Howard the Halt. The story of the banded men. The story of Hen Thorir -- II. The story of the ere-dwellers with the story of the heath-slayings -- III-VI. The stories of the ...

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The Edda of Sæmund the Learned : from the old Norse or Icelandic, with a mythological index

Thorpe, Benjamin (1782-1870)

1866

At head of title: Edda Sæmundar Hinns Frôøa.

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Moon Country

1994-1996

Papers relating to Moon Country (London: Faber, 1996), a collection of poetry, prose and reportage by Simon Armitage and Glyn Maxwell written during a trip to Iceland in 1994. The journey undertaken b...

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Stonyhurst College

1963-1964

Arrangements to give a talk on "Morant Bay".

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4. Miscellaneous Items

c.1994-1995

Manuscript draft poem "Walter M. Lax-Image” in the hands of Simon Armitage and Glyn Maxwell (the title is an anagram of the two surnames); ms draft letter and prose account of the visit to Iceland, ...

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