Books published by Viking Society for Northern Research

This book provides a modern, scholary edition of the runic inscriptions, Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon, discovered in the Isle of Man. All are carved into stone and most are commemorative in nature. A broad view has been taken of the Manx runic material. Weight is given to runological and linguistic questions, in particular graph-types and their implications, orthography, the origin and linguistic background of the rune carvers, and language contract and its possible consequences. But attention is also directed at matters such as dating and the implications of what the inscriptions say for our understanding of Manx society at the time they were made. Archaeology and art history are brought into the discussion insofar as these fields of study cast light on the inscriptions and their context. Emphasis is further placed on the nature of the discovery of the rune-stones, their subsequent history and their treatment by earlier scholars. The work is copiously illustrated. It contains recent photographs of all the stones and their runes, computerised drawings of each inscription, and significant early depictions of parts of the material.

The first volume of a new translation of Snorri Sturluson's history of the Norwegian kings, with introduction and notes. The second edition is corrected and updated.

Contents: Codex Regius, fol. 7v; Abbreviated references; Introduction; Synopsis; The author; The title; The contents of Snorri''s Edda; Models and sources; Manuscripts; Bibliography; Text 3; General notes; Textual notes; Glossary; Index of names.

Contents: Preface; Chronology; Introduction; Note on the Text; The Saga Of Gisli; The Saga Of Grettir & The Saga Of Hord; Text Summaries; Genealogical Tables; Bibliography; The Verses; Glossary of Icelandic Terms, Index of Names.

Foreword; Select Bibliography; Manuscripts and Fragments Consulted; Egils Saga; Afterword; Glossary; Index of Names; Maps.

Introduction; Historical Background; Title; Preservation; Contents; Oral and written sources; date and place of composition; Authorship and circumstances of authorship; Value as a source of history; Language; Editions of Guta saga; Text and translation; Notes; Glossary; Index of proper names; Bibliography and abbreviations; Maps: Gotland, The Baltic, Southern Scandinavia and south-eastern Europe.

Contents of Volume 1: Introduction; Title; Synopsis; The Composition of the Work; Date and authorship; The verse quotations; The ¿ulul; The Dialogue Frame; The prose narratives; The analysis of poetic diction; Purpose; Manuscripts; This edition; Table of verse quotations and their preservation; Bibliographical references; Manuscript sigla; Glossary of technical terms; Text; Textual notes; General notes. Contents of Volume 2: Glossary; Index of names.

Preface; Introduction; Hervarar Saga Ok Hei¿reks; Notes; Glossary; Index of Names.