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A Female Legendary from Iceland - "Kirkjubjarbk" (AM 429 12mo) in The Arnamagnan Collection, Copenhagen (Paperback)
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A Female Legendary from Iceland - "Kirkjubjarbk" (AM 429 12mo) in The Arnamagnan Collection, Copenhagen (Paperback)
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The manuscript AM 429 12mo was written c. 1500 for the use of the
nuns at the Benedictine monastery Kirkjubr in southern Iceland,
from which it derives its name, Kirkjubjarbok. The book was
probably made in the nearby Augustine monastery, ykkvibr. It
comprises ten texts that were translations of Latin legends based
on female saints, relating their terrible suffering and later
martyrdom. The majority of the female saints were among the most
venerated in Iceland. The manuscript is beautifully illustrated,
making it unique in an Icelandic context, which may explain why it
survived the Reformation. The text is reproduced in a diplomatic
version, which on the CD-ROM is accompanied by a normalised version
as well as the Latin texts. Kirsten Wolf is Professor of
Scandinavian Languages at the University of Wisconsin-Manitoba.
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