Pecore, cani e balene. Il lessico della natura nei testi giuridici faroesi medievali

• Main Author: BENATI, CHIARA
• Other Authors: Roberto De Pol, Silvia Orlandini, Davide Finco, Cristina Torcutti, Silvia Panizza, Alice Salvatore, Valentina Guglielmi, Anna Viola Sborgi, Claudio Macagno, Chiara Benati, Enrico Torre, Daniela Longinotti, Benati, Chiara
• Format: Book Part
• Language: Italian
• Published: country:ITA 2009
• Subjects: Faroe Islands; Faroes
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11567/389229

The legal text containing the special enactment (réttabót) for the Faroes issued in 1298 by the Norwegian Duke Hákon Magnússon constitutes one of the most important sources for medieval Faroese. This legal text is usually known as Seyðabræv (“Sheep Letter”), because it deals mainly with sheep farming. In this study I will conduct a lexical analysis on the representation of the natural world and the animal population in the Faroe Islands both in the Seyðabræv and in another, later, legal document containing a series of regulations about dogs in the various villages (Hundabræv).