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Jón Þorkelsson Vídalín, Húspostilla eður einfaldar predikanir

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Odense, Syddansk Universitetsbibliotek, Herlufsholm 47.5

Charlotte Epple, Fragmentarium, 2026 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Jón Þorkelsson Vídalín, Húspostilla eður einfaldar predikanir
Shelfmarks Herlufsholm 47.5
Page/Folio Reference Front pastedown
Material Paper
Place of Origin Hólar, Iceland
Date of Origin 1724
Script, Hands

Icelandic Gothic type, printed by Marteinn Arnoddson.

Original Condition

Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 31 – 34
Numbering

Pagination in Arabic numerals as well as alphanumeric quire marks.
More about the Condition

1032 pages in two volumes, quarto format.

Current Condition

Extent One partial sheet of four leaves
Dimensions 364 x 230 mm
More about the Current Condition

The fragment is an uncut printed sheet consisting of four leaves or eight pages. Pages 462-465 are on the visible side of the pastedown. Three out of four leaves suffered loss of text as the sheet was cut to size. Further damage due to tears and crumpling through use. The back pastedown is made of blank paper.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Icelandic
    • Title Prayers and readings for Great Prayer Day (þann almenneliga Bæna Dag)
    • Front cover v

History

Origin

Hólar í Hjaltadal
Provenance

Likely reused in Iceland.

Host Volume

Title Skúlason, Þorlákr (Editor), Biblia þad er, Øll Heilog Ritning, utlögd a Norrænu med Formalum D. Marth. Luth.
Date of Origin/Publication 1644
Place of Origin/Publication A Hólar, [Halldór Ásmundsson]
Shelfmark Herlufsholm 47.5
Remarks

The host volume belonged to Herlufsholm Skole, a private Latin school located in Næstved, Sealand founded in 1565 on the grounds of a secularised Benedictine monastery, St Peders Kloster. The old library of Herlufsholm was transferred to the University Library of Southern Denmark in 1968-69. This book is part of a donation made to the school by count Otto Thott (1703-1785), who became warden of the school in 1763 until his death in 1785. Well-known for his book collecting, he gave about 6000 volumes to Herlufsholm’s library in several shipments beginning in 1777.

The book is bound in brown leather on wooden boards with two brass clasps. The covers are blind-tooled with palmette frieze roller stamps.The binding is likely Icelandic and quite expensive, given the scarcity of wood in Iceland.

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