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De Gruyter Reading the Old Norse-Icelandic “Maríu saga” in Its Manuscript Contexts (The Northern Medieval World: On the Margins of Europe)

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Product Description Maríu saga, the Old Norse-Icelandic life of the Virgin Mary, survives in nineteen manuscripts. While the 1871 edition of the saga provides two versions based on multiple manuscripts and prints significant variants in the notes, it does not preserve the literary and social contexts of those manuscripts. In the extant manuscripts Maríu saga rarely exists in the codex by itself. This study restores the saga to its manuscript contexts in order to better understand the meaning of the text within its manuscript matrix, why it was copied in the specific manuscripts it was, and how it was read and used by the different communities that preserved the manuscripts. From the Back Cover Maríu saga, the Old Norse-Icelandic life of the Virgin Mary, survives in nineteen manuscripts. While the 1871 edition of the saga provides two versions based on multiple manuscripts and prints significant variants in the notes, it does not preserve the literary and social contexts of those manuscripts. In the extant manuscripts Maríu saga rarely exists in the codex by itself. This study restores the saga to its manuscript contexts in order to better understand the meaning of the text within its manuscript matrix, why it was copied in the specific manuscripts it was, and how it was read and used by the different communities that preserved the manuscripts. Daniel C. Najork is a Faculty Associate in the English Department at Arizona State University and editor of medievalist.com. About the Author Daniel C. Najork, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA.

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Brand: De Gruyter
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1501518534
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Historical > Countries & Regions > Europe
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 08 February 2021
Listed Since: 26 February 2019

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