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Heilagra Manna Sǫgur
Saints' sagas (Old Norse ''heilagra manna sögur'') are a genre of Old Norse sagas comprising the prose hagiography of medieval western Scandinavia. The corpus of such sagas and their manuscript attestations was surveyed by Ole Widding, Hans Bekker-Nielsen, L. K. Shook in 1963. Their work revealed over 100 different saints' lives, mostly based on Latin sources. Few are of Icelandic saints, with only Jón Ögmundarson (d. 1121), Þorlákr Þórhallsson (d. 1193), and Guðmundr Arason (d. 1237) being candidates. In the words of Jonas Wellendorf: While the sagas of the Icelanders might be the unique contribution to world literature that clearly demarcates Old Norse-Icelandic literature from other literary traditions in the Middle Ages, and indeed other periods as well, the lives of saints connect the very same literature with the rest of Western Europe. These sagas are preserved in many medieval manuscripts. Two notable collections are Kirkjubæjarbók, which is exclusively concerned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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LBS or lbs may refer to: Science and technology * Plural abbreviation for the Pound (mass), pound unit of mass * Location-based service, software service using geographical location Organisations * , member banks of the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe * Lauder Business School, Vienna, Austria * Lease Buyback Scheme, Singapore * Lekki British School, Nigeria * Lexington Broadcast Services Company, a former television production and syndication company * Liberia Broadcasting System, a state-owned radio and television network * Liverpool Business School, England * London Business School, of the University of London, England * Louise Brooks Society, a film star fan club Other uses * Labasa Airport, airport in Fiji * Lal Bahadur Shastri, (1904–1966), former prime minister of India * Legendary Banked Slalom, a snowboard race, Washington State, US * Local bike shop, a small business * London Borough of Southwark, UK * London Borough of Sutton, UK {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |