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Note to Anon Mdr 1VII

[7-8] hæstr höfuðkastali ‘highest chief castle’: This image is similar to Has 60, where Mary is described both as Christ’s hǫfuðmusteri ‘chief temple’ and as his kastali ‘fort, castle’. Similar compounds occur throughout Mdr: höfuðmusteri ‘chief temple’ occurs at 14/3 (where the entire l. is identical to Has 60/3); Mary is described as höfuðstaðr ‘chief place’ in 2/8, which is echoed in höfuðborg ‘chief fort’ in 40/3. On the Lat. model of templum domini and its symbolism in Mariology, see Note to Has 60 and Schottmann 1973, 48-50.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Schottmann, Hans. 1973. Die isländische Mariendichtung. Untersuchungen zur volkssprachigen Mariendichtung des Mittelalters. Münchner germanistische Beiträge 9. Munich: Fink.
  3. Internal references
  4. Katrina Attwood 2007, ‘ Anonymous, Máríudrápa’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 476-514. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1025> (accessed 10 May 2024)
  5. Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Gamli kanóki, Harmsól 60’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 126-7.

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