Páll Vídalín, 1667-1727.

In accordance with a Royal letter, dated 29 May 1719, Páll Jónsson Vídalín was to prepare a new Icelandic law-book on the model of the Norwegian lawbook. The project was completed, except for Book II, but was never utilized. MSS Icelandic 14 and 16, appear to be the only surviving manuscripts of the text.

From the description of Project til nýlaganna sem sal[ugi] Lógmann Widalin saman[n] teckid hefur eptir Kon[legs] Maj[estetats] befaling af 29 Maij 1719 / en[n] mier Orme Dadasyne sent til conference og deliberation 5ta Martij 1729 : manuscript, 1729. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612824437