Diplomatarium Islandicum as an Archaeographic and Historiographic Phenomenon
State Academic University for Humanities
For citation: Medvedeva, Anna A. Diplomatarium Islandicum as an Archaeographic and Historiographic Phenomenon // Graphosphaera. 2025. Vol. 5. № 1. P. 73–87. URL: http://writing.igh.ru/index.php?id=2025-5-1-73-87
DOI: 10.32608/2782-5272-2025-5-1-73-87
Abstract: This article presents an overview of Diplomatarium Islandicum, a sixteen-volume series of medieval documents concerning Iceland, and the possible uses of the materials included. This series of volumes was compiled and published first in Copenhagen and then in Reykjavik from 1857 to 1972. The publisher of the first volume, Jón Sigurðsson, played a significant role in the development of the series. The documents included in Diplomatarium Islandicum cover the 9th to the 16th centuries and are written mainly in Old Norse and Latin. The article, using as an example sources from the period when Árni Þorláksson was bishop (1269–1298), examines the types of documents that are presented in Diplomatarium Islandicum, the structure of the publication, some of its practices of transmission of spelling (using the example of a comparison of a document presented in Diplomatarium Islandicum with the texts of two copies of this document, on which the publisher of the volume relied) and inaccuracies (primarily in dating). Diplomatarium Islandicum, despite certain shortcomings, has retained its importance for many decades and is still actively used in many studies.
Key words: history of Iceland, Diplomatarium Islandicum, critical edition of sources, АМ 260 fol, AM 263 fol
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Поступила в редакцию / Received: 10.04.2025
Поступила после рецензирования / Revised: 11.06.2025
Принята к публикации / Accepted: 30.06.2025
