Letter: 1845 Dec. 8, Currie [Edinburgh] to David Laing / T. Barclay. 1845.

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Letter: 1845 Dec. 8, Currie [Edinburgh] to David Laing / T. Barclay. 1845.

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Discusses matters concerning the translation into English of the Orkneyinga saga for the Bannatyne Club mentioning Rafn and Magnússon.

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University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library

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University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library

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Barclay, Thomas, 1792-1873.

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Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland)

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Finnur Magnússon, 1781-1847.

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Finnur Magnússon (1781–1847) was an Icelandic archaeologist and scholar. In 1819, he was appointed professor at the University of Copenhagen and in 1842 made the "Keeper of the Archives." An authority on Norse literature and mythology, he is best remembered for his translation of Elder Edda . Magnússon also claimed to have deciphered a Runamo inscription in Sweden, however, this claim was a subject of controversy and was later disproved. From the guide to the Finnur Magnússon Noteboo...

Rafn, Carl Christian, 1795-1864

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Scholar and author. From the description of Carl Christian Rafn correspondence, [ca. 1870] (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 173203763 Danish philologist and antiquarian. From the description of Papers, 1841, Apr. 16 and Apr. 29, Copenhagen. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35359918 Epithet: of Add MS 36658 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x0003c0 ...