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

• 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

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