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Íslenzka Lærdóms-Lista Félag =
Islenzka Laerdóms-Lista Felag

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Íslenzka Lærdóms-Lista Félag =
Islenzka Laerdóms-Lista Felag = Islenzka Laerdóms-Lista Felag
Icelandic Scholarly Society
Founding of the Society
Year
Authority / Notes
1779
According to the website of Hið Íslenska Bókmenntafélag (HIB) (the Icelandic Literary Society), the Íslenzka Lærdómslistafélag [the HIB spelling] was founded in 1779.

Furthermore, according to the website of Hið Íslenska Bókmenntafélag (HIB), the Íslenzka Lærdómslistafélag merged with Hið Íslenska Bókmenntafélag (HIB) in 1818, two years after HIB was founded (1816).

Seat of the Society
City
Authority / Notes
Copenhagen
Denmark
Records in the COPAC cat. located using the search strong Islenzka Laerdóms-Lista Felag suggest that this society was located not in Iceland, but rather in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Name of the Society
Dates
Name
Authority
1779 - 1786? Íslenzka Lærdóms-Lista Félag =
Islenzka Laerdóms-Lista Felag
Its publications.
1787? - 1794? Konunglega Íslenzka Lærdómslistafélags =
Konúngliga Íslenzka Lærdóms-Lista Félag =
Konungliga Islenzka Laerdóms-Lista Felag
Its publications.
Journals of the Society
Years
Full Journal Title
Abbrev.
Indexed
1780 - 1786
(pub. 1781 - 1787)
(Bindini 1 - Bindini 7)
 
A
Rit þesz Islenzka Laerdóms-Lista Felags
Because of transliteration problems, primarily with the "thorn" character used in Icelandic (þ) and the "ae ligature", there are several variants on this title.

One of the records in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat. gives the title untransliterated (as above), noting that that it later had the royal designation (title B), but does not indicate when the change occurred.

Another record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat. gives the title transliterated as: Rit bess Islenzka Laerdoms-Lista Felags, with the following note: Mémoires de la Société littéraire Islandaise. This record (for the set of 15 Bindini) does not indicate the later inclusion of the royal designation.

The Bodleian Library at Oxford (via COPAC cat.) gives the title transliterated as: Rit thess Islenzka Laerdoms-Lista Felags. This record (for the set of 15 Bindini) also does not indicate the later inclusion of the royal designation.

Other records from the COPAC cat., including a record from Leeds Univ. cat. give the title as Rit þess Íslenzka lærdóms-lista félags.

A record in the GBV German Union cat. gives the title transliterated as: Rit dess Islenzka laerdoms lista Felags and does make it clear that this title was for the period 1780 to 1786 only; it does not, however, list Bindini 15 for title B.

The record in Scudder #643a gives the title transliterated as: Rit pèsz Islenzka Laerdöms, citing only 1780 - 1782.

In addition, Reuss, v.1, p.5 gives the title transliterated as Rit besz Islenzka Laerdoms-Lista Felags.

A record in the Royal Danish Lib. cat. gives the corporate author name in Danish as Islandske Literatur-Selskab, and the title in Icelandic as Rit þess Islenzka Lærdóms-lista Félags.

Pogg., v.1, col.205 cites an article by Stephan Björnsen in Bd. II of Islandske Litteratur-Selskabs Skrifter, which appears to be a Danish rendering of the title of the Icelandic journal. Since we have been unable to determine that this journal was ever issued in a Danish translation, its seems likely that Poggendorff has merely chosen to cite the title in a more familiar language.
Continued by B.
[Bibliot. Nat. France cat.; COPAC cat.; Leeds Univ. cat.; GBV German Union cat.; Royal Danish Lib. cat.; Scudder #643a]

Islandske Litteratur-Selskabs Skrifter
[Pogg., v.1, col.205 cites an article by Stephan Bj�rnsen (1730-1798) in Bd. II; this is not an abbreviated journal title, but rather a cryptic reference, since it gives the title in Danish, when, in fact, the journal appears not to have been issued in a Danish edition.]
Rit besz Islenzka Laerdoms-Lista Felags
[Reuss, v.1, p.53 cites Bindini 1; v.1, p.5 cites Bindini 2, 3, and 5.]
Rit þesz Islenzka Laerdoms-Lista Felags
[Reuss, v.8, p.467 cites Bindini 6, 7; v.8, p.468 cites Bindini 4, 5, 7; v.8 p.469 cites Bindini 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.]
Pogg.
Reuss
1787 - 1794
(pub. 1788 - 1798)
(Bindini 8 - Bindini 15)
 
B
Rit þess Konunglega Íslenzka Lærdómslistafélags
The title as given in a record in Gegnir: Icelandic Union cat. is Rit þess Konunglega Íslenzka Lærdómslistafélags, with an added title of Rit þez Konungliga Íslenzka Lærdómslistafélags.
The title as given in a record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat. is Rit þesz Konungliga Islenzka Laerdóms-Lista Felags . The title as given in a record in the Leeds Univ. cat. is Rit þess Konúngliga Íslenzka Lærdóms-Lista Félags.
See bibliographic notes for title A.
Note: The record in the Leeds Univ. cat. gives the title as Rit þess Íslenzka lærdóms-lista félags, also indicating that in v. 8-14 the word "Konúngliga" is prefixed to the designation of the society. It is not clear whether this designation is omitted from v.15 or not.
Continues A.
[Gegnir: Icelandic Union cat.; Bibliot. Nat. France cat.; Leeds Univ. cat.]
Rit besz Islenzka Laerdoms-Lista Felags
[Reuss, v.1, p.5 cites Bindini 10 and 13.]
Rit þesz Islenzka Laerdoms-Lista Felags
[Reuss, v.8, p.467 cites Bindini 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14; v.8, p.468 cites Bindini 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14; v.8 p.469 cites Bindini 8, 12, 13.]
Reuss

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