Medieval Poetry in Post-medieval Manuscripts : New Perspectives on the Transmission History of Griplur

This article examines the transmission history of Griplur, a medieval set of rímur of Hrómundur Gripsson (Greipsson), a legendary hero from Norway and, according to Landnámabók, a forefather of the first settlers of Iceland, Ingólfur and Leifur. The rímur, which originate in the late Middle Ages, ar...

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Published in:Scripta Islandica: Isländska Sällskapets Årsbok
Main Author: Kapitan , Katarzyna Anna
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Iceland, National Museum of Iceland, Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark 2020
Subjects:
Old Norse-Icelandic poetry
transmission history
manuscript studies
rímur
Hrómundar saga Gripssonar
Griplur
Languages and Literature
Språk och litteratur
Norway
Iceland
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-429320
https://doi.org/10.33063/diva-429320
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Summary:This article examines the transmission history of Griplur, a medieval set of rímur of Hrómundur Gripsson (Greipsson), a legendary hero from Norway and, according to Landnámabók, a forefather of the first settlers of Iceland, Ingólfur and Leifur. The rímur, which originate in the late Middle Ages, are preserved mainly in post-medieval manuscripts, and many of them have been ignored in the previous scholarship. The article presents the first study of all Griplur manuscripts with the focus on their contents and textual relationships, which lays the ground for a new critical edition of this work. https://doi.org/10.33063/diva-429320

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