Bréf (SG02-18)

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© Þjóðminjasafn Íslands.

• Handrit: SG:02:18 Bréf til Sir G. Webbe Dasent norrænufræðings og prófessors, London
• Safn: Þjóðminjasafn Íslands
• Dagsetning: 12. september 1862
• Bréfritari: Sir George Webbe Dasent
• Staðsetning höfundar: London
• Viðtakandi: Sigurður Guðmundsson
• Staðsetning viðtakanda: Reykjavík

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• Lykilorð: Þingvellir, ferðasaga, rúnaletur, Valþjófsstaður, myndir, Sprengisandur
• Efni: „Athugasemdir um dvöl Dasent á Íslandi. Beiðni um að Sigurður sendi kort sitt af Alþingi, sem hann segist ætla að birta í ferðasögu sinni. Jafnframt er minnst á rúnaletur í kirkjugarðinum á Valþjófsstað. Umslag fylgir.“ Sarpur, 2015
• Nöfn tilgreind:

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Texti:

bls. 1

Sarpur: Menningarsögulegt gagnasafn – © Rekstrarfélag Sarps.

very glad if you would lend

them to me.

Septbr. 12th

& Broad Sanctuary

Westminster

London.

Dear Sir

We returned to

England about ten

days ago, having had

a very peasant journey

to the North.

We found the passage across

Sprengisandr delightful, &

in fact we enjoyed our-

selves very much.

I should be very glad

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bls. 2

Sarpur: Menningarsögulegt gagnasafn – © Rekstrarfélag Sarps.

if you could send back

by the next voyage of

the Arcturus the next plan

of the Althing & Thingvalla

as it is possible that

I shall write

an account of my visit

to Iceland, & therefore

wish to have the plan

as soon as possible

XXX at the same

time to put a price

upon it, & I wish

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bls. 3

Sarpur: Menningarsögulegt gagnasafn – © Rekstrarfélag Sarps.

lend you the money

by the next steamer.

Prey (???) remember me

to all my friends

in Reykjavik where

I regretted much (???)

that I was only

able to stay to

short a time.

I think however

of returning to

Iceland next

year, in which

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bls. 4

Sarpur: Menningarsögulegt gagnasafn – © Rekstrarfélag Sarps.

case I should

stay a longer time

in the capital.

Believe me

my dear (???)

very faithfully yours

G.W.Dasent

P.S. The Priest at

Herra Grenjarstaðr in

the North told me that

you had decyphered the

runic inscriptions in the

church yard there. If

you have I should be

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bls. 6

Sarpur: Menningarsögulegt gagnasafn – © Rekstrarfélag Sarps.

bls. 7

Sarpur: Menningarsögulegt gagnasafn – © Rekstrarfélag Sarps.

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• Skráð af: olga
• Dagsetning: 09.2015

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