The Vision of Turpin in the North: from the Liber Sancti Jacobi to the Icelandic Sagas
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https://doi.org/10.37536/RLM.2024.36.1.102607Keywords:
Sagas, Iceland, Vision of Turpin, Charlemagne, James the Greater, Hagiography, Medieval TranslationAbstract
This article presents a translation of the Norse version of the text known as the Vision of Turpin. This short narrative belongs in the Carolingian-Jacobean matter of the Liber Sancti Jacobi, originally written in Latin and hugely popular in the Middle Ages. It exists in two closely related versions, one in the Saga of Charlemagne and another in the Combined Saga of the Apostles John and James (the Greater). The translation is preceded by a preliminary study which primarily discusses the likely textual history of the Vision till its Icelandic versions and places them in its historical context. Moreover, a translation of the most probable direct source for the Norse versions, the Visio Turpini present in the Speculum Historiale of Vincent of Beauvais is included.
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Nota del autor: como es habitual, listo a los autores islandeses por nombre de pila y patronónimico; el resto de los autores sigue el formato usual de apellido, nombre.
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