History of Iceland: Primary Documents

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• The Planctus for William Longsword

This mourning poem is for the son of the Viking, Rollo.

It serves as "an excellent laboratory in medieval philology."

(943; Latin facsimiles and variant text transcriptions with English and German translations)

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• Saganet: Medieval Icelandic Literature

Images of manuscripts & books published before 1901.

A massive project of the National and University Library of Iceland and Cornell University in association with the Arni Magnússon Institute.

With title or subject browse and a help guide.

(850-1177, written ca. 1225; English translation)

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• Heimskringla : Or The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway

by Snorri Sturluson.

(850-1177, written ca. 1225; English translation)

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• Icelandic sagas in Project Runeberg [Search for those items marked "Icelandic"]

(Old Norse transcriptions)

• Icelandic sagas at Berkeley's Online Medieval & Classical Library [scroll to "Icelandic (Old Norse"]

(English translations)

• Germanic Materials from the Perseus Collection.

Particularly strong in Old Norse sagas.

(9th to 13th centuries; Old Norse transcriptions)

Note: Diacritics on the main page are illegible.

• Manuscript of Icelandic sagas written down by Ólafur Brynjúlfsson

Digitized by the Danish Royal Library

(1760; facsimiles)

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• Stjórnarskrá lýðveldisins Íslands

The Constitution of Iceland

(17 June 1944 with updates to 2002; Icelandic original).

• Constitution of Iceland

(17 June 1944 with updates to 1999; English translation).

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• Guide to Law Online: Iceland

Library of Congress guide to constitutional, legal and government documents.

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• Evidence! Europe Reflected in Archives

Manifestations of Europe in archival documents.

(Facsimiles and English summaries)

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• Historical Text Archive: Iceland

Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry.

(Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)

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• Antique Maps of Iceland

All maps held by the National and University Library of Iceland.

(1544-1900)

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• Skálholt-kortet

Maps of the North Atlantic from "Vinland" to Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Denmark.

Digitized by the Danish Royal Library. together with the Grønlandsbeskrivelse.

(1570; facsimiles)

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• Utflykten: A History of Nordic Travel

(16th to 20th centuries; facsimiles, transcriptions, maps, etc.)

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• International Civic Coats of Arms: Iceland

(Facsimiles).

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Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
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