Monastic Musical Fragments from Iceland

• Published in: Religions
• Main Author: Gisela Attinger
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: liturgical music; monastic institutions; St Olav; Iceland; Sweden; Middle Ages; Religions. Mythology. Rationalism; BL1-2790; St. Olav
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12060416; https://doaj.org/article/966f5d73d0234679bb0826432cf1e824

Little has survived from medieval liturgical books in the Nordic countries other than fragments. It is often difficult, if not impossible, to state their exact provenance, but the contents sometimes indicate that they once belonged to a monastic institution. The article presents some of these source...