The Bible of Hermann of Valenciennes and the Icelandic Biblical Paraphrase Lily

• Published in: Studia Litterarum
• Main Author: Nataliia L. Ogurechnikova
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French; Russian
• Published: A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2022
• Subjects: biblical paraphrase; vernacular theology; marian bibles; hermann de valenciennes; lily; skaldic tradition; elder edda; medieval poetic treatises; Literature (General); PN1-6790; Marian; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.22455/2500-4247-2022-7-4-54-73; https://doaj.org/article/3b685756dc9a44d6969765fe5ea71b4a

The article presents the results of a comparative textual analysis of the Bible of Herman de Valenciennes (end of the 12th c.) and Lily, an anonymous Icelandic biblical paraphrase (the first half of the 14th c). The main thesis of the article is that Herman’s Bible served as a reference point for th...