Liepe, Lena. The Knight and the Dragon Slayer.

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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".

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