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

Published by Medieval Institute Publications 2018

New Studies in the Manuscript Tradition of Njáls saga

The historia mutila of Njála

Edited by: Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir and Emily Lethbridge

In the series The Northern Medieval World

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781580443067

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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.

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Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir and Emily Lethbridge, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, Reykjavík, Iceland.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
A Note On References To Editions And Manuscripts In This Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxiii
Abbrevations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxv
Whose Njála? Njáls Saga Editions And Textual Variance In The Oldest Manuscripts Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir and Emily Lethbridge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Collaborative Manuscript Production And The Case Of Reykjabók: Paleographical And Multispectral Analysis Beeke Stegmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Gráskinna: Material Aspects Of A Pocket, Patchwork Njála Emily Lethbridge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Sveinsbók: A Reexamination Of A Fragment Of Njáls Saga Bjarni Gunnar Ásgeirsson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Copying Njáls Saga Into One’S Own Dialect Linguistic Variation In Six Fourteenth-Century Manuscripts Haraldur Bernharðsson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
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 Ludger Zeevaert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Njáls Saga Stemmas, Old And New Alaric Hall and Ludger Zeevaert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
The Postmedieval Production And Dissemination Of Njáls Saga Manuscripts Margrét Eggertsdóttir Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
“Njáls Saga Er Þetta. Loft Ur Hefur Lesið Mig” Readership And Reception Of Njáls Saga: A Selection Of Marginal Notes And Paratextual Features Susanne M. Arthur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Creating In Color: Illustrations Of Njáls Saga In A Nineteenth-Century Icelandic Paper Manuscript Þorsteinn Árnason Surmeli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Þorsteinn Árnason Surmeli University Of Iceland Susanne M. Arthur and Ludger Zeevaert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
A Key To The Nicknames Of Njáls Saga Manuscripts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
Index Of Manuscripts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Index Of Works, Personal Names And Place Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319

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Language: English
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Audience: Mediävisten, Skandinavisten
Pages
- Main content: 378
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 56
- Coloured Illustrations: 26
Keywords: Íslendingasögur; Icelandic manuscripts; Material/New philology

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Published: October 22, 2018
ISBN: 9781580443067

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Published: October 22, 2018
ISBN: 9781580443050