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The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose
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The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose Hardcover - 2013

by Kirsten Wolf


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Saints' legends form a substantial portion of Old Norse-Icelandic literature, and can be found in more than four hundred manuscripts or fragments of manuscripts dating from shortly before the twelfth century to the 1700s.
With The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose, Kirsten Wolf has undertaken a complete revision of the fifty-year-old handlist The Lives of the Saints in Old Norse Prose. This updated handlist organizes saints' names, manuscripts, and editions of individual lives with references to the approximate dates of the manuscripts, as well as modern Icelandic editions and translations. Each entry concludes with secondary literature about the legend in question. These features combine to make The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose an invaluable resource for scholars and students in the field.

Details

  • Title The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose
  • Author Kirsten Wolf
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 424
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Toronto Press
  • Date 2013-09
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Recycled Paper, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781442646216 / 1442646217
  • Weight 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.3 in (23.11 x 14.99 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
  • Library of Congress subjects Christian saints, Christian saints in literature
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013387510
  • Dewey Decimal Code 016.839