Bréf (SG02-18)
© 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
- 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:
Texti:
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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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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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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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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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Sarpur: Menningarsögulegt gagnasafn – © Rekstrarfélag Sarps.
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Sarpur: Menningarsögulegt gagnasafn – © Rekstrarfélag Sarps.
- Skráð af: olga
- Dagsetning: 09.2015
