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is edited below. The edition is a faithful transcript of the text
in the manuscript with all its peculiarities in orthography however
the use of Capital letters and the punctuation has been slightly
modified. All scriball abbreviations have been silently expanded
according to common practice, and corrections have been placed in
brackets.
We hope to publish very soon a survey of the Old Norse texts
containing contributions to the theological discussions about Our
Lady’s assumption (togetlier with an Old Norse translation of the
Transitus Mariae)4, so we need not discuss here the affinities
between Elisabeth’s visions and related Norwegian or Icelandic
texts of the Middle Ages. A curious error in 764 is probably due to a
learned mistake: Elisabeth of Schonau is confounded with Elisabeth
of Hungary (who is otherwise little known in mediaeval Iceland).
Still, 764 has occasional readings which are superior to those of
the manuscripts of the Oudmundar saga, as may be seen from a
comparison with the Latin original.
By comparing the text edited below with the standard version
in the Gudmundar saga it is easily appreciated how the compiler has
managed to condense the story by liberal omissions, especially
towards the end. This is in strict accordance with the editorial
principles maintained in the scriptorium from which the miscellany
in AM 764, 4° is derived, as is evident from other texts from the same
manuscript, where parallels are at hånd, e.g. in the Debate of the
Body and the Soul5.
AM 764,4°
Siau aEum eftir pining guds uar sæl mær maria uppnumin en
badan a xlda degi tok hon hollz upprisu bat er ij nattum eftir matheus
messo. uar bat langan tima miog uuist firi aldybu. en huersu bat
uard liost skal her næst greina.
Elisabeth dottir konungs af ungaria geck iklaustr xi uetra gomul
lifdi hon storum heilagliga ok er hon hafdi lifad iklaustri xi ar birtiz
henni guds modir optliga. talandi med henni ymissar greinir.
heilagra ritninga. her med birtiz henni einn guds ei(n)gill sa
4 In Mediaeval Studies XXIII.
6 Mediaeval Studies XXI (Toronto 1959) 272 ff.