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NEW STUDIES IN THE MANUSCRIPT TRADITION OF NJÁL...

Njáls saga is the best known and most highly regarded of all medieval Icelandic sagas and it
occupies a special place in Icelandic cultural history. The manuscript tradition is
exceptionally rich and extensive. The oldest extant manuscripts date to only a couple of
decades after the saga's composition in the late 13th century and the saga was subsequently
copied by hand continuously up until the 20th century  even alongside the circulation of
printed text editions in latter centuries. The manuscript corpus as a whole has great
socio-historical value  showcasing the myriad ways in which generations of Icelanders
interpreted the saga and took an active part in its transmission  the manuscripts are also
valuable sources for evidence of linguistic change and other phenomena. The essays in this
volume present new research and a range of interdisciplinary perspectives on the Njáls saga
manuscripts. Many of the authors took part in the international research project The Variance
of Njáls saga which was funded by the Icelandic Research Council from 2011-2013.

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