Reading the Old Norse-Icelandic Maríu saga in Its Manuscript Contexts (The Northern Medieval World) PDF
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DanielC.Najork ReadingtheOldNorse-IcelandicMaríusagainItsManuscriptContexts The Northern Medieval World On the Margins of Europe Editorial Board CarolyneLarrington,St.John’sCollege,Oxford(Chair) OrenFalk,CornellUniversity DawnHadley,UniversityofYork KateHeslop,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley JanaSchulman,WesternMichiganUniversity JónViðarSigurðsson,UniversitetetiOslo Daniel C. Najork Reading the Old Norse-Icelandic Maríu saga in Its Manuscript Contexts ISBN978-1-5015-1853-9 e-ISBN(PDF)978-1-5015-1414-2 e-ISBN(EPUB)978-1-5015-1412-8 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2020948127 BibliographicinformationpublishedbytheDeutscheNationalbibliothek TheDeutscheNationalbibliothekliststhispublicationintheDeutscheNationalbibliografie; detailedbibliographicdataareavailableontheinternetathttp://dnb.dnb.de. ©2021WalterdeGruyterGmbH,Berlin/Boston Coverimage:Copenhagen,ArnamagnæanCollection,AM232fol,55r.Photograph:Suzanne Reitz.PublishedwithpermissionfromtheArnamagnæanInstitute Typesetting:IntegraSoftwareServicesPvt.Ltd. Printingandbinding:CPIbooksGmbH,Leck www.degruyter.com Copenhagen, Arnamagnæan Collection,AM232 fol. 55r.Photograph: SuzanneReitz.Published withpermissionfromtheArnamagnæanInstitute. Dedicatedtothememoryofmybrother, JeffreyC.Najork November17,1975–December23,2017 Acknowledgements Muchoftheresearchforthisprojectwasfirstcompletedduringgraduateschool andIwouldliketoacknowledgethefundingofUniversityGraduateFellowships atArizonaStateUniversityandthegenerousGeorgeandCollicePortnoffEndowed Fellowship in Comparative Literature. I am also grateful to my dissertation committeeRobertE.Bjork,HeatherMaring,andRobertSturgesandtoRichardG. NewhauserandRosalynnVoadenfortheircontinuedsupportandmentorship. They have allreadvariousparts of thisprojectin itsdifferentstagesandhave provided invaluable feedback. My graduate school colleagues also deserve thanks,bothfortheirfriendshipduringtheoftenisolatingexperienceofgraduate school and for their willingness to read and comment on drafts and to discuss ideas. TheArnamagnæanInstituteinCopenhagen,theStofnunÁrnaMagnússonarí íslenskumfræðuminReykjavík,andtheKungligabiblioteketinStockholmhave allwelcomedmeintotheirlibrariestoexaminemanuscripts.Iwouldliketothank AnneMetteHansen,MatthewDriscoll,SuzanneReitz,SvanhildurÓskarsdóttir, Ólöf Benediktsdóttir, and Patrik Granholm in particular for meeting with me, guidingmethroughtheirspecialcollections,andassistingmewithacquiring photographsofmanuscripts. Shannon Cunningham, acquisitions editor for the NorthernMedieval World series,isduespecialgratitude.Itwasthroughherencouragementandguidance that I developed the project and submitted a proposal to Medieval Institute Publication’s Northern Medieval World series. Her helpand patience have been indispensablethroughoutthisprocess.I’dliketoalsothanktheeditorialboardof theNorthernMedievalWorldseries(ChairCarolyneLarrington,OrenFalk,Dawn Hadley,KateHeslop,JanaSchulman,andJónViðarSigurðsson)fortheirinterest intheproject,theirfeedback,andtheirpromotionofnewworkinthefield.Iam grateful to be able to publish in a series that welcomes new approaches to Old Norse-Icelandicliteratureandcultureandhaspublishedbooksbyauthorswhose work I always look forward to reading. Christine Henschel, Michaela Göbels, JonathanHoare,RebeccaStraple,DavidJüngst,TheresaM.Whitaker,andtheedi- torialteamsatDeGruyterandMedievalInstitutePublicationshelpedmethrough- outthisprocessandI’mthankfulfortheirassistance. I am also indebted to Natalie M. Van Deusen, who reviewed this manu- script.HerexpertiseinOldNorse-Icelandichagiography,onthemanuscriptsof saints’lives,andherinsightfulcommentshavesignificantlyimprovedthebook and helped me identify many missing connections. Any remaining errors or oversightsaremyown. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501514142-202
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