The Manuscripts Of Iceland

Author : Gisli Sigur©ʻsson
Publisher : University of Iceland Press
ISBN 13 : 9789979819882
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Manuscripts of Iceland written by Gisli Sigur©ʻsson and published by University of Iceland Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and profusely illustrated accompaniment to the exhibition The Manuscripts of Iceland which was organised by the Arni Magnusson Institute and opened in the Culture House in Reykjavik on October 5, 2002. In this collection of articles scholars present the story of Icelandic manuscripts, their medieval origins, the literature they contain and its influence up to the present day. The meeting of written Christian and classical culture with the rich oral traditions in Iceland brought forth a remarkable literary flowering, an eloquent source of information about pagan Scandinavian culture and thought. In time this literature came to inspire the sense of national character in the Nordic countries and exerted notable influence in the German- and English- speaking worlds. This book is a tribute to the central role that medieval Icelandic literature played in forging national identities in Northern Europe.

Author : Stefan Drechsler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782503589022
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Illuminated Manuscript Production in Medieval Iceland written by Stefan Drechsler and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines a cultural revolution that took place in the Scandinavian artistic landscape during the medieval period. Within just one generation (c. 1340?1400), the Augustinian monastery of Helgafell became the most important centre of illuminated manuscript production in western Iceland. By conducting interdisciplinary research that combines methodologies and sources from the fields of Art History, Old Norse-Icelandic manuscript studies, codicology, and Scandinavian history, this book explores both the illuminated manuscripts produced at Helgafell and the cultural and historical setting of the manuscript production.00Equally, the book explores the broader European contexts of manuscript production at Helgafell, comparing the similar domestic artistic monuments and relevant historical evidence of Norwich and surrounding East Anglia in England, northern France, and the region between Bergen and Trondheim in western Norway. The book proposes that most of these workshops are related to ecclesiastical networks, as well as secular trade in the North Sea, which became an important economic factor to western Icelandic society in the fourteenth century. The book thereby contributes to a new and multidisciplinary area of research that studies not only one but several European cultures in relation to similar domestic artistic monuments and relevant historical evidence. It offers a detailed account of this cultural site in relation to its scribal and artistic connections with other ecclesiastical and secular scriptoria in the broader North Atlantic region.

Author : Jónas Kristjánsson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Icelandic Manuscripts written by Jónas Kristjánsson and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1580443060
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Studies in the Manuscript Tradition of Njáls saga written by Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-10-22 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Njáls saga is the best known and most highly regarded of all medieval Icelandic sagas and it occupies a special place in Icelandic cultural history. The manuscript tradition is exceptionally rich and extensive. The oldest extant manuscripts date to only a couple of decades after the saga’s composition in the late 13th century and the saga was subsequently copied by hand continuously up until the 20th century, even alongside the circulation of printed text editions in latter centuries. The manuscript corpus as a whole has great socio-historical value, showcasing the myriad ways in which generations of Icelanders interpreted the saga and took an active part in its transmission; the manuscripts are also valuable sources for evidence of linguistic change and other phenomena. The essays in this volume present new research and a range of interdisciplinary perspectives on the Njáls saga manuscripts. Many of the authors took part in the international research project "The Variance of Njáls saga" which was funded by the Icelandic Research Council from 2011-2013.

Author : Jónas Kristjánsson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Icelandic Sagas and Manuscripts written by Jónas Kristjánsson and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jónas Kristjánsson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789979804826
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Icelandic Manuscripts written by Jónas Kristjánsson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Winokur Sara
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781733452809
Total Pages : 318 pages
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Download or read book Double Blind written by Winokur Sara and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Mystery Double Blind: The Icelandic Manuscript Murders is a wild ride through the cultural landscape of Iceland, from rural farmsteads to icy fjords to the high-tech world of DNA forensics. A young boy disappears in the chill of North Iceland. Twenty years later, a mysterious poem lands on the desk of his twin sister Brynja, a forensic geneticist, and rekindles her hopes that her brother might be alive. As Brynja unravels the clues, more poems arrive, each bearing dire consequences for those who receive them: the guard of the medieval manuscript of Icelandic sagas that may have the answer to her burning question, the prime minister's secretary, the local pastor. Is the poet out to stop Brynja from finding her brother and shut down her access to the DNA database? Or is the verse maker simply a psychopath copycat killer? Fighting the visual auras that have plagued her since childhood and now threaten everything she holds dear, Brynja must summon the strength to navigate the twisted labyrinth of the poet's mind and confront the dark secret buried in her family's past.

Author : Jónas Kristjánsson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780686917687
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Icelandic Sagas and Manuscripts written by Jónas Kristjánsson and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Halldór Hermannsson
Publisher : Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 434 pages
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Download or read book Icelandic Manuscripts written by Halldór Hermannsson and published by Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1929 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Þjóðólfr ór Hvini
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
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Download or read book The Haustlǫng of Þjóðólfr of Hvinir written by Þjóðólfr ór Hvini and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the earliest preserved Skaldic poems, which were based on highly complex rules of alliteration and metre, this 10th-century work praises the gift of a painted shield depicting mythological scenes. This is a bilingual edition of the poem.