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Skálholtsbók
Reykjavík, AM 557 4to, known as Skálholtsbók (, the Book of Skálholt), is an Icelandic saga-manuscript. It is now fragmentary: three gatherings of eight leaves and twenty individual leaves have been lost, leaving only 48 leaves. Nevertheless, it contains, in whole or in part, '' Valdimars saga'', '' Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu'', '' Hallfreðar saga vandræðaskálds'', '' Hrafns saga Sveinbjarnarsonar'', ''Eiríks saga rauða'' (complete), '' Rögnvalds þáttur og Rauðs'' (complete), ''Dámusta saga ''Damusta saga'' ('the saga of Dámusti', also known as ''Dámusta saga ok Jóns'', ''Saga spekingsins Dámusta i Gricklandi'') is a medieval Icelandic romance saga. It is noted for its inventive engagement with Continental romance-writing traditio ...'', '' Hróa þáttur heimska'', '' Eiríks saga víðförla'', '' Stúfs saga'' (complete), '' Karls þáttur vesæla'' (complete) and '' Sveinka þáttur''. It seems likely to have been written by Ólafur Loftsson (d. c. 1458), the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiríks Saga Rauða
The ''Saga of Erik the Red'', in non, Eiríks saga rauða (), is an Icelandic saga on the Norse exploration of North America. The original saga is thought to have been written in the 13th century. It is preserved in somewhat different versions in two manuscripts: ''Hauksbók'' (14th century) and ''Skálholtsbók'' (15th century). Despite its title, the saga mainly chronicles the life and expedition of Thorfinn Karlsefni and his wife Gudrid, also recounted in the ''Saga of the Greenlanders''. For this reason it was formerly also called ;Halldór Hermannsson"Eiríks saga rauða ''or'' Þorfinns saga karlsefnis ok Snorra Þorbrandssonar" ''Bibliography of the Icelandic Sagas and Minor Tales'', Islandica 1, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Libraries, 1908, , p. 16. Árni Magnússon wrote that title in the blank space at the top of the saga in . It also details the events that led to the banishment of Erik the Red to Greenland and the preaching of Christianity by his son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dámusta Saga
''Damusta saga'' ('the saga of Dámusti', also known as ''Dámusta saga ok Jóns'', ''Saga spekingsins Dámusta i Gricklandi'') is a medieval Icelandic romance saga. It is noted for its inventive engagement with Continental romance-writing traditions. Synopsis Kalinke and Mitchell summarise the saga thus: Dámusti is a pious knight at the court of King Katalaktus of Grikkland. When the king's daughter, Gratiana, marries King Jón of Smáland, Dámusti kills Jón out of jealousy. Gratiana becomes fatally ill. The Virgin Mary appears to the repentant Dámusti, tells him to arm himself and ride to the church where Gratiana lies buried. There Dámusti defeats the giant Alheimr who reveals that he had induced Gratiana's apparent death in order to marry her himself. Alheimr gives Dámusti a potion which will revive Gratiana. Katalaktus forgives Damusti and the knight marries Gratiana. When their son is old enough to rule, Damusti and Gratiana turn to the spiritual life and become hermit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection
The Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection ( da, Den Arnamagnæanske Håndskriftsamling, is, Handritasafn Árna Magnússonar) derives its name from the Icelandic scholar and antiquarian Árni Magnússon (1663–1730) — Arnas Magnæus in Latinised form — who in addition to his duties as Secretary of the Royal Archives and Professor of Danish Antiquities at the University of Copenhagen, spent much of his life building up the collection of manuscripts that now bears his name. The majority of these manuscripts were from Árni's native Iceland, but he also acquired many important Norwegian, Danish and Swedish manuscripts, as well as a number of continental provenances. In addition to the manuscripts proper, the collection contains about 14000 Icelandic, Norwegian (including Faroese, Shetland and Orcadian) and Danish charters, both originals and first-hand copies ('' apographa''). After being housed since Árni's death at the University of Copenhagen, in the Arnamagnæan Institute, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skálholt
Skálholt (Modern Icelandic: ; non, Skálaholt ) is a historical site in the south of Iceland, at the river Hvítá. History Skálholt was, through eight centuries, one of the most important places in Iceland. A bishopric was established in Skálholt in 1056. Until 1785, it was one of Iceland's two episcopal sees, along with Hólar, making it a cultural and political center. Iceland's first official school, Skálholtsskóli (now Reykjavík Gymnasium, MR), was founded at Skálholt in 1056 to educate clergy. In 1992 the seminary in Skálholt was re-instituted under the old name and now serves as the education and information center of the Church of Iceland. Throughout the Middle Ages there was significant activity in Skálholt; alongside the bishop's office, the cathedral, and the school, there was extensive farming, a smithy, and, while Catholicism lasted, a monastery. Along with dormitories and quarters for teachers and servants, the town made up a sizable gathering of struct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallfreðar Saga
''Hallfreðar saga vandræðaskálds'' (, Old Norse pronunciation: ) is one of the Icelanders' sagas. The saga is preserved in several 14th century manuscripts, including Möðruvallabók and Flateyjarbók, with significant difference between the versions. It relates the story of Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld, an Icelandic poet active around the year 1000. The saga has some resemblance to the sagas of other poets, such as ''Kormáks saga'' and '' Gunnlaugs saga'', but in ''Hallfreðar saga'' there is less emphasis on the romantic relationships of the skald. Instead the saga dwells on the troubled conversion of Hallfreðr from Norse paganism to Christianity and his relationship with King Óláfr Tryggvason and other Norwegian rulers. References External linksHallfreðar saga vandræðaskáldsMöðruvallabók versionVersion from ''Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta ''Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta'' or ''The Greatest Saga of Óláfr Tryggvason'' is generically a hybrid of d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
