Codex sinaiticus project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Longtime friends of will recognize that i have a weakness for the more peculiar works and i post them here regardless of their spiritual attributes in admiration of human creativity. Codex regius is the most important manuscript of eddic poetry. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Its name book from alexandria derives from the city of alexandria in egypt, where it was preserved before the greek patriarch of alexandria, cyril lucar d. Kalteschlaf hypothermia by arnaldur indridason nook. Today i have two of these goodies for you and if you are into this, you will not be disappointed. Nakladatelstvi moba je prednim vydavatelem na ceskem kniznim trhu. Codex regius german hardcover january 1, 2008 by arnaldur indridason author. It is for this reason that codex l 019, a gospelsmanuscript from the 700s, is known as codex regius the royal book. The kings book was a book that i greatly enjoyed reading. Islandkrimi by indridason, arnaldur, burling, coletta isbn.
The book is an encyclopedia containing bizarre pictures of a parallel universe of alien origin, and its 364 pages are filled with obscure writings in an unknown language. Nuovi contributi alle fonti dei manoscritti di leonardo da vinci, giornale storico della letteratura italiana. Codex regius is the subject of a thriller by the icelandic writer arnaldur indridason. Kalteschlaf hypothermia by arnaldur indridason nook book. The italian artist luigi serafini produced a richly illustrated book called the codex seraphinianus in the late 1970s. Werner herzog reads aloud one poem in his 2016 film into the inferno. The codex was discovered in 1643, when it came into the possession of. John 21,15end text todo matthew the chart below shows agreements as a percentage for codex regius 019l compared to the following four frequentlycited reference witnesses, each representing a different kmeans partition. Contents specifications text matthew specifications symbols. It is the oldest such collection, the bestknown of all icelandic books, and an icelandic national treasure. Buy a cheap copy of codex regius book by anonymous. Michael haneke stated that the title of his 2003 film time of the wolf was taken from the codex regius, specifically from the prophecy of the volva. Media in category codex regius of poetic edda the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Bibliothek i kobenhavn codex regius and more from codex regius.
Codex regius designated by siglum l e or 019 in the gregoryaland numbering. A helyi egyetem tortenelem szakan vegzett 1996ban, majd ujsagirokent, forgatokonyvirokent dolgozott. Wenn sie fragen, kommentare oder anregungen abgeben mochten. Codex regius is a manuscript, a compilation of more or less ancient old norse texts, mostly poems. An eastern goddess descends upon the northern provinces of rome and religious fundamentalism plots to subvert the free west. The mythology surrounding ancient norse gods and heroes has inspired countless writers and artists, including. A lot of background information is given, though since the book was originally written in icelandic, it does include a lot of icelandic heros. John 21,15end text todo matthew the chart below shows agreements as a percentage for codex regius 019l compared to the following four frequentlycited reference witnesses, each representing a.
Sign up for librarything to find out whether youll like this book. Mar 09, 2015 codex regius is a manuscript, a compilation of more or less ancient old norse texts, mostly poems. The kings book the voluspa study guide the poem we know today as voluspa is actually a combination of two different versions of the same poem found in two separate manuscripts. Slowly it becomes clear to valdemar that the professor is in trouble and is searching desperately for the most important manuscript of the icelandic people, the codex regius, the edda. Its text and its history are both highly interesting. But the book is just so damned strange that it has accumulated a. A strong case can be made that codex l is the most important new testament manuscript in france. Thought to have been written during the 1270s, it is made up of 45 vellum leaves. The search for gram book one of the codex regius chris. In codex regius designated by scholars as the poetic edda, or elder edda see edda. If codex is an example of the kidn of hybrid literary things to come, book lovers of all types are better off. The search for gram book one of the codex regius chris 20170707t21. The lacuna in codex regius accordingly occurred after 1641, but before 1643. Codex regius of the poetic edda is an icelandic manuscript of ninety small quarto pages, but the fifth gathering, probably 16 pages, is now lost.
The international intrigue book group will meet tonight to discuss jar city by arnaldur indridason. Codex regius is an eighth century manuscript of the gospels on parchment. Vydava ceskou prozu a prekladove tituly mnoha zanru. It is made up of 45 vellum leaves, thought to have been written in the 1270s. The manuscript was written by one hand not known elsewhere, and is dated palaeographically to about 12701280. Codex regius has 42 books on goodreads with 123 ratings.
The work originally contained a further eight leaves, which are now missing. It originally contained a further 8 leaves, which are now missing. In october rizzoli will be republishing what is regarded by many to be the strangest book in the world, the codex seraphinianus. In the royal library, it was given number gks 2365 4to. For recent images please see the bibliotheque nationale. Codex regius is pen name and label of a pair of two authors from slovenia and germany, respectively.
The codex is unlike other historically wellknown strange books such as the voynich manuscript, in that the author of the book is not only known luigi serafini is his name, hes still alive. In scholarly texts, this manuscript is commonly abbreviated as for codex regius, or as for konungsbok. Codex is also a fascinating and informative exploration into some ofhte most exclusive and unusual and highly inaccessible realms of society. For any questions, comments or suggestions, contact. I find that the story telling style of scandinavian writers is different than that of american or british writers, and i like it. It is the sole source for most of the poems it contains. Buy codex regius by indridason, arnaldur, burling, coletta isbn. Chief of all icelandic manuscripts, the treasure of the royal library at copenhagen is codex regius r, no. V pripade vydrazeni vetsiho poctu knih ji posilam separatne. Page 19 le fonti dei manoscritti di leonardo da vinci. Copied in the 5th century, codex alexandrinus is one of the three early greek manuscripts that preserve both the old and the new testaments together. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Brynjolfur sveinsson presented the manuscript to the king of denmark in 1662, hence the name codex regius kings book. The edda is the base of icelandic identity, and the codex regius is the oldest version.
Codex regius spielt genau genommen kaum in island, sondern in u. Only a selection of images are available at this time. While many verses of the two poems are identical, both manuscripts contain unique lines and verses, and arrange the. In the manuscript, the prose is thought to have been added in the process of compiling the poetry.