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==Annotation==  
==Annotation==  


The article is an examination of two historiated and one inhabited initials in ''Njáls saga'' manuscript AM 133 fol., ''Kálfalækjarbók'', from a textual and iconographical perspective. The author analysis Christian, chivalric and pre-medieval pictorial traditions in these illuminations. By observing the correlation between the illuminations and Augustine doctrine, along with pre-Christian Scandinavian mindset, Liepe discovers an extra layer of significance: cultural transition in Medieval Iceland. Although these illuminations seem to represent utterly Christian concepts, like wisdom and courage, fight against evil, charity and forgiveness virtues, as well as chivalric aspect; their iconography is connected to a common imagery established in Viking Age, such as Sigurd renderings, symbolic representation of power and “deceased warriors riding to the battlefields of Valhalla.
The article is an examination of three initials in ''Njáls saga'' manuscript AM 133 fol., ''Kálfalækjarbók'', from a textual and iconographical perspective. The author analysis Christian, chivalric and pre-medieval pictorial traditions in these illuminations. By observing the correlation between the illuminations and Augustine doctrine, along with pre-Christian Scandinavian mindset, Liepe discovers an extra layer of significance: cultural transition in Medieval Iceland. Although these illuminations seem to represent utterly Christian concepts, like wisdom and courage, fight against evil, charity and forgiveness virtues, as well as chivalric aspect; their iconography is connected to a common imagery established in Viking Age, such as Sigurd renderings, symbolic representation of power and “deceased warriors riding to the battlefields of Valhalla".


==Lýsing==
==Lýsing==


Í þessari grein eru þrjár lýsingar á upphafstöfum í Kálfalækjarbók rannsakaðar frá sjónarhóli textafræði og íkonagrafíu. Höfundur bendir á það hvernig hefðir riddaramennsku, kristni og heiðni fléttast saman í þessum lýsingum. Liepe kannar sérstaklega tengsl þessara lýsinga við kenningar Ágústínusar kirkjuföður og heiðna norrænar hugmyndir og uppgötvar óvænta merkingarlega vídd sem snertir árekstur tveggja menningarheima á Íslandi á miðöldum. Þó að þessar lýsingar birti hefðbundin kristileg gildi, svo sem vísdóm og hugrekki, baráttu gegn hinu illa, umhyggju fyrir öðrum og fyrirgefningu, sem og vissar hugmyndir um riddaramennsku, þá á íkonagrafían rætur að rekja til víkingatímans, þeirra á meðal hefðbundinna mynda af Sigurði fáfnisbana, valdi og "reið vopndauðra hermanna til orrustuvalla Valhallar".


==See also==
==See also==
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* ''Written by:'' Daria Segal   
* ''Written by:'' Daria Segal   
* ''Icelandic/English translation:''  
* ''Icelandic translation:'' Jón Karl Helgason


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  • Author: Liepe, Lena
  • Title: The Knight and the Dragon Slayer: Illuminations in a Fourteenth century Saga Manuscript
  • Published in: Ornament and Order. Essays on Viking and Medieval Art for Signe Horn Fuglesang
  • Edited by: Margarethe C. Stang and Kristin B. Aavitsland
  • Place, Publisher: Trondheim: Tapir Akademisk Forlag
  • Year: 2008
  • Pages: 179-99
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  • Reference: Lena, Liepe. "The Knight and the Dragon Slayer. Illuminations in a Fourteenth Century Saga Manuscript." Ornament and Order. Essays on Viking and Medieval Art for Signe Horn Fuglesang, pp. 179–99. Ed. Margarethe C. Stang and Kristin B. Aavitsland. Trondheim: Tapir Akademisk Forlag, 2008.
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Annotation

The article is an examination of three initials in Njáls saga manuscript AM 133 fol., Kálfalækjarbók, from a textual and iconographical perspective. The author analysis Christian, chivalric and pre-medieval pictorial traditions in these illuminations. By observing the correlation between the illuminations and Augustine doctrine, along with pre-Christian Scandinavian mindset, Liepe discovers an extra layer of significance: cultural transition in Medieval Iceland. Although these illuminations seem to represent utterly Christian concepts, like wisdom and courage, fight against evil, charity and forgiveness virtues, as well as chivalric aspect; their iconography is connected to a common imagery established in Viking Age, such as Sigurd renderings, symbolic representation of power and “deceased warriors riding to the battlefields of Valhalla".

Lýsing

Í þessari grein eru þrjár lýsingar á upphafstöfum í Kálfalækjarbók rannsakaðar frá sjónarhóli textafræði og íkonagrafíu. Höfundur bendir á það hvernig hefðir riddaramennsku, kristni og heiðni fléttast saman í þessum lýsingum. Liepe kannar sérstaklega tengsl þessara lýsinga við kenningar Ágústínusar kirkjuföður og heiðna norrænar hugmyndir og uppgötvar óvænta merkingarlega vídd sem snertir árekstur tveggja menningarheima á Íslandi á miðöldum. Þó að þessar lýsingar birti hefðbundin kristileg gildi, svo sem vísdóm og hugrekki, baráttu gegn hinu illa, umhyggju fyrir öðrum og fyrirgefningu, sem og vissar hugmyndir um riddaramennsku, þá á íkonagrafían rætur að rekja til víkingatímans, þeirra á meðal hefðbundinna mynda af Sigurði fáfnisbana, valdi og "reið vopndauðra hermanna til orrustuvalla Valhallar".

See also

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  • Written by: Daria Segal
  • Icelandic translation: Jón Karl Helgason
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