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Note to Anon Mdr 42VII

[8] gimsteinn ‘jewel’: On the use of jewel imagery for the Virgin Mary, see Schottmann 1973, 60; cf. gimsteinn brúða ‘jewel among brides’ Lil 89/4, also used of the reformed Mary Magdalene in Anon Mey 11/8; gimsteinn vífa ‘jewel among women’ in Lil 27/8 and Mgr 39/4; gimsteinn sprunda ‘jewel among women’ Árni Gd 10/6IV. Árni also describes Bishop Guðmundur as gimsteinn lærðra manna ‘jewel among educated men’ in 69/4.

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. Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 11’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 898-9.
  5. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 39’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 786-7.
  6. Not published: do not cite (Árni Gd 10IV)
  7. Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 27’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 593-4.
  8. Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 89’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 662-3.

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