or, in full, "Historia pínunnar og dauðans Drottins vors Jesú Kristi, með hennar sérlegustu lærdóms-, áminningar- og huggunargreinum, ásamt bænum og þakkargjörðum, í sálmum og söngvísum með ýmsum tónum samsett og skrifuð anno 1659": "The history of the pain and death of our Lord, Jesus Christ, with its special learning, reminding, and consoling articles, with prayers and praises, in psalms and songs with misc. notes, compiled and written in the year 1659"), a collection of fifty hymns to be sung, one for each working day, during the seven weeks of Lent. Each hymn has a title denoting to which part of the Passion of Christ it refers and a reference to a melody to which it may be sung. Other famous works include Aldarháttur, Rímur af Lykla-Pétri og Magellónu, Króka-Refs rímur, and a collection of cautionary children's rhymes. External links The Icelandic National Radio's Web on the Passion Hymns (in Icelandic) Performances of The Passion-Hymns in English and Norse by choirs and soloists using Dall Wilson's English adaption. The Passion-Hymns translated into English from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. 1614 births 1674 deaths Hallgrimur, Petursson Hallgrimur Petursson Hallgrimur Petursson Icelandic Lutheran hymnwriters Hallgrimur Petursson Hallgrimur Petursson 17th-century hymnwriters Hallgrimur Petursson 17th-century male writers