Le lingue nordiche nel medioevo

Odd Einar Haugen; Massimiliano Bampi; Marina Buzzoni; Andrea Meregalli; Luca Panieri

Le lingue nordiche nel medioevo: Vol. 1: Testi

Authors

Odd Einar Haugen, University of Bergen; Massimiliano Bampi, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice; Marina Buzzoni, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice; Andrea Meregalli, University of Milan; Luca Panieri, IULM University of Milan

Synopsis

The first volume of Le lingue nordiche nel medioevo offers extracts of central and typical medieval Nordic texts from the period 1200–1500. There are four texts from each of the languages Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Icelandic, as well a a single text in Guthnic. Each text has a brief introduction, a facing translation into Italian, and a broad selection of textual notes. All texts have been transcribed and edited by the authors themselves, and for each text a facsimile is reproduced in order to display the manuscript from which the text has been edited. The general introduction aims at putting the linguistic development of the Nordic languages into perspective, as well as the textual genres and the manuscripts themselves.

Author Biographies

Odd Einar Haugen, University of Bergen

Odd Einar Haugen is full professor of Old Norse philology at the University of Bergen, Norway. His research interests include editorial philology, textual criticism, textual encoding, font development and developing new types of teaching resources.

Massimiliano Bampi, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Massimiliano Bampi is associate professor of Germanic Philology at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy. His research interests regard primarily the definition of saga genres, translation theory and practice and intertextuality in Nordic compilation manuscripts.

Marina Buzzoni, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Marina Buzzoni is full professor of Germanic Philology at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy. Her major scientific interests include Germanic historical linguistics, translation theory and practice, textual criticism and digital philology.

Andrea Meregalli, University of Milan

Andrea Meregalli is assistant professor of Nordic Languages and Literatures at the University of Milan, Italy. His main research fields include Old Danish and Old Norse, medieval hagiography, travel literature, and the reception of Nordic literature in Italy.

Luca Panieri, IULM University of Milan

Luca Panieri is associate professor of Nordic Languages and Literatures at the IULM University of Milan, Italy. His major scientific interests include historical linguistics, lexicography, Danish phonology and Medieval Scandinavian law.