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Book & CD-ROM. The oldest manuscript of Alexanders saga, AM 519a 4°, from circa 1280 is considered to be one of the most important extant pieces of Icelandic writing from the medieval period. Alexanders saga is the Norse translation of Walter of Châtillon's epic poem about Alexander the Great, Alexandreis. The volume contains an introduction, the text in 'facsimile', quantitative analysis of the manuscript's palaeography, orthography and phonetic system as well as a lemmatised index. The accompanying CD-ROM contains colour illustrations of the complete manuscript and reproduces the text in a diplomatic and normalised version, allowing the user easy access to the three text levels as well as other functions.

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Preface; General Introduction; Description of the Codex; Orthography; Morphology; Text of AM 519a 4°.

Alexanders Saga: AM 519a 4 in The Arnamagnan

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      Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/01/2010
      ISBN13: 9788763526043, 978-8763526043
      ISBN10: 8763526042
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: ancient, classical

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Book & CD-ROM. The oldest manuscript of Alexanders saga, AM 519a 4°, from circa 1280 is considered to be one of the most important extant pieces of Icelandic writing from the medieval period. Alexanders saga is the Norse translation of Walter of Châtillon's epic poem about Alexander the Great, Alexandreis. The volume contains an introduction, the text in 'facsimile', quantitative analysis of the manuscript's palaeography, orthography and phonetic system as well as a lemmatised index. The accompanying CD-ROM contains colour illustrations of the complete manuscript and reproduces the text in a diplomatic and normalised version, allowing the user easy access to the three text levels as well as other functions.

      Table of Contents
      Preface; General Introduction; Description of the Codex; Orthography; Morphology; Text of AM 519a 4°.

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