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ﾃ行lenzk Fornrit
Hiﾃｰ ﾃｭslenzka fornritafﾃｩlag (), or The Old Icelandic Text Society is a text publication society. It is the standard publisher of Old Icelandic texts (such as the Sagas of Icelanders, Kings' sagas and bishops' sagas) with thorough introductions and comprehensive notes. The Society was founded in 1928 by Jﾃｳn ﾃ《bjﾃｶrnsson and launched its text series of medieval Icelandic literature known as ''ﾃ行lenzk fornrit'' in 1933. The series was founded as an Icelandic language edition along the lines of the German language German (, ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western Europe, Western and Central Europe. It is the majority and Official language, official (or co-official) language in Germany, Austria, Switze ... series ''Altnordische Saga-Bibliothek'' (published 1892窶1929). The Society's publications are distributed by the Icelandic Literary Society (''Hiﾃｰ ﾃｭslenska bﾃｳkmenntafﾃｩlag''). The president of the company (2019) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Text Publication Society
A text publication society is a learned society which publishes (either as its sole function, or as a principal function) scholarly editions of old works of historical or literary interest, or archival documents. In addition to full texts, a text publication society may publish translations, calendars and indexes. Members of the society (private individuals or institutions) pay an annual subscription, in return for which they either automatically receive a copy of each volume as it is published, or (as in the case of, for example, the Royal Historical Society) are eligible to purchase volumes at favourable members' rates. Some societies attempt to keep to a regular cycle of publishing (generally one volume per year, as in the case of the London Record Society and the Canterbury and York Society; the Royal Historical Society, exceptionally, aims for two volumes per year). Others, however, publish on an irregular and occasional basis, as the completion of editorial work allows. Vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
