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S U M M A R Y
Illuminated manuscript production in western Iceland in the thirteenth and early
fourteenth centuries
Keywords: Icelandic book painting, manuscript production, medieval Icelandic
literature, Heimskringla, Helgafell, Barðastrandarsýsla
this article is concerned with a number of illuminated Icelandic manuscripts and
fragments from the thirteenth century and early fourteenth century which have
been grouped around the oldest Heimskringla fragment, Lbs fragm 82 (Kringla).
the overall aim is to show the importance of individual contributions made by a
number of scribes and illuminators at different stages of the production of these
manuscripts, and to consider ways in which production units that comprise the
manuscripts are related to a possible change of working environments. the first
part of the article surveys the philological and art historical relationships between
the fragments and manuscripts in Kringla group itself, and is followed by dis-
cussion of the historical circumstances of a previously unallocated manuscript
group, the Barðastrandarsýsla group. the second part of the article looks at how
the Barðastrandarsýsla group is related to a slightly younger western Icelandic
manuscript group from the early fourteenth century, the Helgafell group. the final