New Studies in the Manuscript Tradition of Njáls saga : : The historia mutila of Njála / / ed. by Emily Lethbridge, Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2018 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Arthur, Susanne M.,; Bernharðsson, Haraldur,; Eggertsdóttir, Margrét,; Hall, Alaric,; Lethbridge, Emily,; Stegmann, Beeke,; Surmeli, Þorsteinn Árnason,; Zeevaert, Ludger,; Ásgeirsson, Bjarni Gunnar,; Óskarsdóttir, Svanhildur,
• HerausgeberIn: Lethbridge, Emily,; Óskarsdóttir, Svanhildur,
• Place / Publishing House: Kalamazoo, MI : : Medieval Institute Publications, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: The Northern Medieval World : On the Margins of Europe
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (378 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- A Note On References To Editions And Manuscripts In This Book -- Abbrevations -- Whose Njála? Njáls Saga Editions And Textual Variance In The Oldest Manuscripts -- Collaborative Manuscript Production And The Case Of Reykjabók: Paleographical And Multispectral Analysis -- Gráskinna: Material Aspects Of A Pocket, Patchwork Njála -- Sveinsbók: A Reexamination Of A Fragment Of Njáls Saga -- Copying Njáls Saga Into One’S Own Dialect Linguistic Variation In Six Fourteenth-Century Manuscripts -- The Historical Present Tense In The Earliest Textual Transmission Of Njáls Saga An Example Of Synchronic Linguistic Variation In Fourteenth-Century Icelandic Njáls Saga Manuscripts -- Njáls Saga Stemmas, Old And New -- The Postmedieval Production And Dissemination Of Njáls Saga Manuscripts -- “Njáls Saga Er Þetta. Loft Ur Hefur Lesið Mig” Readership And Reception Of Njáls Saga: A Selection Of Marginal Notes And Paratextual Features -- Creating In Color: Illustrations Of Njáls Saga In A Nineteenth-Century Icelandic Paper Manuscript -- Þorsteinn Árnason Surmeli University Of Iceland -- A Key To The Nicknames Of Njáls Saga Manuscripts -- Bibliography -- Index Of Manuscripts -- Index Of Works, Personal Names And Place Names