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SagaNet : Icelandic medieval literature

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This is a database of digital images of manuscripts and books covering the entire range of Icelandic sagas. The manuscripts are nearly all in Old Norse or Icelandic. Books can be in any European language, as a number of saga translations are included. Germanic/Nordic mythology (the Eddas), the history of the Norwegian kings, contemporary sagas and tales from the European age of chivalry, Icelandic ballads, poetry and epigrams are also included. Works are from the collections of the National and University Library of Iceland, the Fiske Icelandic Collection at Cornell University, and the A¿¿rni Magnu¿¿sson Institute.

  • Data Format: Text/digital images.

Subject headings

  • Sagas.
  • Icelandic literature.
  • Old Norse literature.
  • Eddas.
  • Manuscripts, Icelandic.
  • Manuscripts, Old Norse.
  • Iceland--History--Sources.
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