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pression énl Mavtigoftovlov yoiotl to nqdcy[iu (thus e.g. Lucian,
De mercede cond. 21 ; cf. Suidas ed. Ada Adler II 385 and 389) ;
used about something growing steadily less.
§ 12 a. It is understandable that the north country man, Bishop
borlåkur, makes much more of the Polar ice than his colleague in
the south country (see the note to p. 3420"27 above). The most note-
worthy feature is the rationalistic explanation of the sounds from the
ice given by Bishop borlåkur. This explanation is his own, as nothing
corresponding to it is found in the passage quoted in the Brevis comm.
P. 169. The allusion is to the winter of 1632-33, see Annålar
1400-1800, I 238-39.
§ 13. Both treatises here merely have a reference to Amgrimur
Jånsson’s Brevis comm. (pp. 67V-69V), which already Ortelius (and
af ter him Hondius) had quoted in addition to the older cock-and-bull
stories. HR adds a further reference to Anatome Blefkeniana (p. 64),
where, however, there is nothing more than there is in Brevis comm.
and Crymogæa pp. 50-51.
§ 14. The gross distortions of the names of the monasteries in
Hondius are derived from Ortelius, except for Munkeniere which is
written Munketuere in Ortelius. The remark about the schools is not
in Ortelius, and it cannot be decided whence Hondius has it. The
number of the pupils, 24, is not stated in Brevis comm. p. 66v, where
the schools are mentioned.
P. 1631'33. The explanation of the pronunciation of the letter {j
is taken almost verbatim from Crymogæa p. 25.
— 17\ The reference is to Hondius’ information of the 329
churches, cf. Introduction p. XXVI.
§ 15. The statements of the two bishops are here diametrically
opposed. borlåkur confines himself to an indignant dismissal of the
little flattering assertions of Hondius, referring merely to the leng-
thier treatment in Brevis comm. (pp. 7or-75v), but passes over the
other statements of Hondius in silence. Brynjolfur does just the op-
posite; taking no notice of the disparaging remarks, he uses the
eulogistic terms of Hondius as a starting point for a vigorous attack