Rymbegla sive Rudimentum Computi Ecclesiastici Et Annalis Veterum Islandorum, in qvo etiam continentur Chronologica, Geographica, Astronomica, Geometrica, Theologica, nonnulla ex historia universali & naturali rariora : Addita sunt 1) Talbyrdingus ejusdem notis illustratus, 2) Oddi Astronomi somnia, 3) Joh. Arnae & 4) Finni Johannaei Horologia /
Stefán Björnsson,1721-1798.
Jón Árnason,Bishop,1665-1743.
Finnur Jónsson,1704-1789.
Havni : Typis Aug. Frid. Steinii,
Signatures: a-c⁴ A-Z⁴ Aa-Zz⁴ Aaa-Zzz⁴ Aaaa-Cccc⁴ (Cccc4 blank), ²A-C⁴ ²D², ³A-D⁴ ³[E]² (-³[E]2), ⁴A-C⁴ ⁴D² (-⁴D2), ⁵A-H⁴ ⁵I² ⁶A-D⁴.
With Errata on leaf ⁶D2 recto.
Illustrated half-title has imprint: "Sumtibus illustriss. P. Fr. de Suhm."
"The name Rímbegla ... refers properly only to the first part, viz. p. 1-114 in this edition: this treatise is preserved in an Icelandic ms. of the twelfth century ... and is so called by the author, whose name is unknown."--Cleasby, Icelandic-English dictionary, p. xi.
Includes indexes.
Icelandic and Latin translation on facing pages (except "Talbyrdingus" and "Sciagraphia horologii islandici veteris et novi", which are in Latin only).
Calendar
Church calendar
Science, Medieval
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