New Studies in the Manuscript Tradition of Njáls saga : : The historia mutila of Njála /

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

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 compositi...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (378 p.)
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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

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