Magnúss saga lengri

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Langue:	Norrois
Genre:	Saga scandinave
Forme:	Prose
Contenu:	Récit de la vie de saint Magnus Erlendsson traduit d'après la version latine de Robert of Cricklade.
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Éditions anciennes

Orkneyinga saga sive historia Orcadensium a prima Orcadum per Norvegos occupatione ad exitum seculi duodecimi. Saga hins helga Magnusar eyia jarla sive vita Sancti Magni insularum comitis. Ex mss. legati Arna-Magnæani cum versione latina, varietate lectionum et indicibus, chronologico, reali et philologico edidit Jonas Jonæus isl.
Hafniae, Typis Sander et Schröder. Sumtibus P. Frid. Suhm, 1780
ARLIMA: EA4274
Exemplaires en ligne: [GB] [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2, ex. 3]

Traductions anciennes

en latin:
- Jonæus 1780 (voir sous Éditions anciennes)

Éditions modernes

Icelandic Sagas and Other Historical Documents Relating to the Settlements and Descents of the Northmen on the British Isles. Vol. I. Orkneyinga Saga, and Magnus Saga, with Appendices. Edited by Gudbrand Vigfusson, London, Eyre and Spottiswood (Rerum Britannicarum Medii Aevi Scriptores or Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland during the Middle Ages, 88), 1887, liii + 426 p. (ici p. 237-280) [GB] [IA]
Orkneyinga saga. Legenda de Sancto Magno. Magnúss saga skemmri. Magnúss saga lengri. Helga þáttr ok Úlfs, éd. Finnbogi Guðmundsson, Reykjavík, Hið íslenzka fornritafélag (Íslenzk fornrit, 34), 1965, p. 333–383.

Traductions modernes

en anglais:
- Dasent, G. W. (trad.), « Magnus' saga the longer », Icelandic Sagas and Other Historical Documents Relating to the Settlements and Descents of the Northmen on the British Isles, London, Eyre and Spottiswoode (Rolls Series, 88), 1894, t. 3, p. 239–280. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139380836

Études

Antonsson, Haki, « Exile, sanctity, and some Scandinavian rulers of the late Viking age », Exile in the Middle Ages: Selected Proceedings from the International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, 8–11 July 2002, éd. Laura Napran et Elisabeth M. C. van Houts, Turnhout, Brepols (International Medieval Research, 13), 2004, p. 95–108. DOI: 10.1484/M.IMR-EB.3.3406
Antonsson, Haki, St. Magnús of Orkney: A Scandinavian Martyr-Cult in Context, Leiden, Brill (Northern World, 29), 2007, p. 42-67. DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004155800.i-272
Antonsson, Haki, « Two twelfth-century martyrs: St Thomas of Canterbury and St Magnus of Orkney », Sagas, Saints and Settlements, éd. Gareth Williams et Paul Bibire, Leiden, Brill (Northern World, 11), 2004, p. 41-64.
Brunsden, George M., « Earls and saints: early Christianity in Norse Orkney and the legend of Magnus Erlendsson », History, Literature and Music in Scotland, 700–1560, éd. R. Andrew McDonald, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2002, p. 60–92 (ici p. 62–64).
Foote, Peter G. « Master Robert's prologue in Magnúss saga lengri », Festskrift til Finn Hødnebø 29. desember 1989, éd. Bjørn Eithun, Eyvind Fjeld Halvorsen, Magnus Rindal et Erik Simensen, Oslo, Novus, 1989, p. 65–81.
Jesch, Judith, et Theya Molleson, « The death of Magnus Erlendsson and the relics of St Magnus », The World of Orkneyinga Saga: « The Broad-Cloth Viking Trip », éd. Olwyn Owen, Kirkwall, Orcadian, 2005, p. 127-143 (ici p. 129-130).
Wolf, Kirsten, The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse–Icelandic Prose, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2013, p. 211–214. [Jstor]

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