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Norwegian Law. ‘Gulathings Boc’

Reference code
MSS/0292
Title
Norwegian Law. ‘Gulathings Boc’
Date
18th century
Level of description
item
Extent and format
Paper; ff. viii + 241. Quarto. Leather, brown
Scope and content
Gulathings Boc'. A code or digest of the ancient codes of Norwegian law. Copied (cf. fols. 123v, 239) from a manuscript owned by the Icelandic scholar, Arne Magnussen. See the edition from MSS in the Arne Magnean collection (Royal Library, Copenhagen) by G. J. Thorkelin, Regis Magni.. Leges Gulae-Thingenses (1817), and later editions including The earliest Norwegian Laws. Gulathing, trans. L. M. Larsen (1935).
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/292