Medieval Traditions in Post-Medieval Iceland: Literature and Manuscripts
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies
Organizer Name
Silvia Hufnagel
Organizer Affiliation
Arnamagnæan Institute
Presider Name
Shaun F. D. Hughes
Presider Affiliation
Purdue Univ.
Paper Title 1
Manuscripts and Literature in Iceland from the Middle Ages Onwards
Presenter 1 Name
Silvia Hufnagel
Paper Title 2
The Younger Flateyjarbók’ and Other Private Manuscripts of Njáls saga
Presenter 2 Name
Susanne M. Arthur
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
Paper Title 3
Northern Legends in Verse: The Fornaldarrímur
Presenter 3 Name
Jeffrey Love
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Arnamagnæan Institute
Start Date
10-5-2014 3:30 PM
Session Location
Schneider 1350
Description
In Iceland works of literature were transmitted in manuscripts until the end of the nineteenth century. Although the printing press came already around 1530 to Iceland, it was in the hands of the Church who had no interest to print anything else than religious and liturgical matters. Therefore other matters, including literature, had to be copied by hand. This medieval tradition of the production, dissemination and reception of manuscripts and literature in post-medieval times has in recent years attracted the attention of a growing number of scholars. The proposed session is perceived as a platform to present and discuss recent scholarship in the fields of Icelandic manuscript and literary studies, with a specific focus on the long life of traditions and their extension, including their transformation, from the Middle Ages into more recent times.
Shaun F. D. Hughes
Medieval Traditions in Post-Medieval Iceland: Literature and Manuscripts
Schneider 1350
In Iceland works of literature were transmitted in manuscripts until the end of the nineteenth century. Although the printing press came already around 1530 to Iceland, it was in the hands of the Church who had no interest to print anything else than religious and liturgical matters. Therefore other matters, including literature, had to be copied by hand. This medieval tradition of the production, dissemination and reception of manuscripts and literature in post-medieval times has in recent years attracted the attention of a growing number of scholars. The proposed session is perceived as a platform to present and discuss recent scholarship in the fields of Icelandic manuscript and literary studies, with a specific focus on the long life of traditions and their extension, including their transformation, from the Middle Ages into more recent times.
Shaun F. D. Hughes