Dating the Sagas: Reviews and Revisions

230 Pages·2013·12.5 MB·English

by  Else Mundal (ed.)

DATING THE SAGAS

Dating the Sagas
REVIEW S AND REVISIONS
Edited by Else Mundal
MUSEUM TUSCULANUM PRESS
UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
2013
Dating the Sagas: Reviews and Revisions
Else Mundal (ed.)
© Museum Tusculanum Press and the authors, 2013
Layout and composition: Sigríður Kristinsdóttir
Cover design: Erling Lynder
Set in Minion Pro and printed on Lessebo Smooth
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ISBN 978 87 635 3899 2
Cover illustrations: Courtesy of © Stofnun Árna
Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavik. From:
Flateyjarbók (GKS 1005 fol.), late 14th century.
AM 162 A, fol. theta, c. 1250.
AM 476 4to, c. 1700.
AM 128 fol, 17th century.
AM 152 fol., 15th century.
This volume is published with financial support from
The Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bergen
The Norwegian Research Council
Museum Tusculanum Press
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CONTENTS
ELSE MUNDAL
Introduction
i
JÜRG GLAUSER
What Is Dated, and Why?
Saga Dating in the Histories of Old Norse-Icelandic Literature
9
ELSE MUNDAL
The Dating of the Oldest Sagas about Early Icelanders
31
THEODORE M. ANDERSSON
Redating Fóstbrœðra saga
55
EMILY LETHBRIDGE
Dating the Sagas and Gisla saga Súrssonar
77
TORFI H. TULINIUS
Dating Eyrbyggja saga
The Value of “Circumstantial” Evidence for Determining the
Time of Composition of Sagas about Early Icelanders
115
JONNA LOUIS-JENSEN
Dating the Archetype
Eyrbyggja saga and Egils saga Skallagrimssonar
133
vi CONTENTS
SLAVICA RANKOVIĆ
The Temporality of the (Immanent) Saga
Tinkering with Formulas
149
GUDRUN NORDAL
Skaldic Citations and Settlement Stories as Parametres for Saga Dating
195
List of Contributors
213
Index
215