The French connection: Some Icelandic translations of French literature in manuscript and print, ca. 1400-1900

• Main Author: Driscoll, Matthew James
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: CRAHAM - Centre Michel de Boüard 2019
• Subjects: manuscrits islandais; traductions; littérature islandaise; rímur; Tristrams saga; Möttuls saga; Chrétien de Troyes; Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian; Voltaire; Les Mille et une nuits; Jules Verne; manoscritti islandesi; traduzioni; letteratura islandese; Icelandic paper manuscripts; translations; Old Norse-Icelandic literature; Fosse; Jules; Noto; Stampa; Tristan; Verne; Iceland; Islanda; Islande
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/tabularia/3422

The extent of manuscript production in medieval Iceland is well known; less well known is that manuscript transmission remained the norm in Iceland well into the modern era, long after the arrival of the printing press. The range of types of literary works preserved in these manuscripts is vast. Alt...