Journal of a Tour in Iceland in the Summer of 1809The Journal includes images of traditional Icelandic dress and natural landmarks. Paying particular attention to political structures and religious institutions, Hooker includes intricate tables of how tax dollars were spent, how hospitals and schools were run and more. As an academic botanist by trade, his journal entries describe the flora of the country; plants collected by Hooker on this trip were lost in a fire on the return voyage. |
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Page xxi
... priests receive their income from the lands that are annexed to each church and from tythes ; besides which there are three hundred and eighteen rix - dollars and seventy - two skillings allowed per annum for the amendment of such ...
... priests receive their income from the lands that are annexed to each church and from tythes ; besides which there are three hundred and eighteen rix - dollars and seventy - two skillings allowed per annum for the amendment of such ...
Page xxii
... priests and widows , I subjoin the following table of expenditure ; only premising that the number of clergymen is not to be estimated by that of the livings here mentioned ; for , curates included , I think they amount to between three ...
... priests and widows , I subjoin the following table of expenditure ; only premising that the number of clergymen is not to be estimated by that of the livings here mentioned ; for , curates included , I think they amount to between three ...
Page xxiii
... Priest of Reikevig church Pension to Bishop Stephensen's Widow Pension to Pastor emeritus Bergsen Pension to Pastor emeritus Tholevsen .... 16 0 22 54 117 19 .... 20 .... 30 0 Total sum 8518 66 ...... The sum for the augmentation and ...
... Priest of Reikevig church Pension to Bishop Stephensen's Widow Pension to Pastor emeritus Bergsen Pension to Pastor emeritus Tholevsen .... 16 0 22 54 117 19 .... 20 .... 30 0 Total sum 8518 66 ...... The sum for the augmentation and ...
Page xxxiii
... Priest of the Church at Reikevig 24 Deduction Total sum To the Stiftprovst , Dean of all Iceland To the Inspector , or Steward , of Bessestedr School , who undertakes to provide the 22 54 16 0 Rdr . Sk . Rdr . Sk . scholars with ...
... Priest of the Church at Reikevig 24 Deduction Total sum To the Stiftprovst , Dean of all Iceland To the Inspector , or Steward , of Bessestedr School , who undertakes to provide the 22 54 16 0 Rdr . Sk . Rdr . Sk . scholars with ...
Page xlix
... priests could with fluency read their breviary or rituals . The The reformation * , however , produced in Ice- land a new dawn of learning ; and a few rays of that light which has blazed over Europe from the discovery of printing shed a ...
... priests could with fluency read their breviary or rituals . The The reformation * , however , produced in Ice- land a new dawn of learning ; and a few rays of that light which has blazed over Europe from the discovery of printing shed a ...
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