The Comparative Analysis of Formula Elements in the Text of Landnámabók‘s Elder Editions

The paper compares facsimile copies of manuscript pages of the two elder versions of the medieval Icelandic historical work “Book of Settlements” (Landnámabók): AM 107 fol. for the Sturlubók version and AM 105 fol for the Hauksbók version. A technical comparison is facilitated by the fact that both these manuscripts from the Arnamagnæan Collection in Reykjavik are written in the same hand, being copies made in the mid-17th century by the renowned Icelandic scribe Jón Erlendsson from non-surviving autographs of those versions. We have determined the ratio of the formalized text (introductory characteristics of persons, genealogical lists, and topographic information) to vísur and þættir. The analysis using the proposed methodology leads to an unambiguous conclusion that both of the investigated versions of the “Book of Settlements” go back to the same exemplar.

Keywords

Landnámabók, The Book of Settlements, Jón Erlendsson, AM 105 fol., AM 107 fol., source criticism, quantitative content analysis, boundary-skeletal image models, grapheme, Iceland, Middle Ages

Acknowledgment

Elena V. Litovskikh’s part of the research was undertaken within the state assignment of the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Ivan A. Reyer’s part of the research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 20-07-00990.

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07.10.2021

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27.12.2021

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GOST	Litovskikh E., Reyer I. The Comparative Analysis of Formula Elements in the Text of Landnámabók‘s Elder Editions // ISTORIYA – 2021. – V. 12. – Issue 12 (110). Part 1 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://history.jes.su/S207987840018266-1-1 (circulation date: 29.07.2024). DOI: 10.18254/S207987840018266-1
MLA	Litovskikh, Elena, Reyer, Ivan "The Comparative Analysis of Formula Elements in the Text of Landnámabók‘s Elder Editions." ISTORIYA 12.12-1 (110) (2021) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840018266-1
APA	Litovskikh E., Reyer I. (2021). The Comparative Analysis of Formula Elements in the Text of Landnámabók‘s Elder Editions. ISTORIYA 12(12-1 (110)) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840018266-1

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