Collection Level Description: Papers of Gúdbrandr Vígfússon
Reference: MSS. Icelandic c. 3-9, d. 1-2; Eng. misc. c. 112, d. 131; German d. 2; Scandinavian d. 1
Title: Papers of Gúdbrandr Vígfússon
Dates of Creation: 1840-89
Extent: 13 shelfmarks
Language of Material: Icelandic, English, and German
Administrative/Biographical History
Gúdbrandr Vígfússon (1828-89) was an Icelandic scholar and author. Details are given
in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Scope and Content
Papers of Gúdbrandr Vígfússon, consisting of:
- Collections for an Icelandic-English dictionary, 1840-54
- Transcripts of Icelandic manuscripts
- Letters to Vígfússon, 1865-89
- Letters to Vígfússon from German scholars, 1850-89
- Letters to Vígfússon from Icelandic scholars, 1850-89
- Letters to Vígfússon from Danish and Swedish scholars, 1854-89
- Personal papers of Vígfússon, 1847-89
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library in 1924.
Access Conditions
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a
valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).
Further Information
Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the
Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 47582-94.
Access Points
Icelandic language | Dictionaries | English
Vigfusson | Gudbrandr | 1827-1889 | Icelandic Scholar and Author
Enquiries
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