Paderborn
99–100n27
Erzbischöfliche Akademische
BL, Cotton Vitellius A XV ( Nowell
Bibliothek, Inc. 31, 103n55
Codex), 99–100n27
BL, Harley 149, 103n59
Padua
BL, Harley 4196, 103n60
Biblioteca Antoniana, 473 Scaff. XXI, 12
BL, Royal 5 E XIII, 9, 100n29
BL, Royal 8 B. XV, 101–2n44
Paris
Sion College, Arc. L. 40.2/E.25, 103n60
BdA, 128 (39 A.T.L.), 103n55
BdA, 8407, 100n35
Lübeck
BnF, fr. 1850, 103n57
Stadtbibliothek, theol. germ. fol. 9,
BnF, gr. 770, 98n7
103n62
BnF, gr. 947, 98n7
BnF, lat. 1652, 102n45
Lüneburg
BnF, lat. 2825, 12
Ratsbücherei, Theol. 2° 83, 103n62
BnF, lat. 3214, 102n52
BnF, lat. 3628, 102n52
Milan
BnF, lat. 4977, 102n52
Biblioteca Ambrosiana, O 35 Sup.,
BnF, lat. 5327, 12
102n52
BnF, lat. 6041 A, 101n44
BnF, lat. 11553 ( Codex Sangermanensis),
Munich
118n58
BSt, Clm 17181, 12
BnF, lat. 14864, 101n42
BSt, Clm 19105, 12
BnF, nuov. acq. lat. 3093 ( Très belle
BSt, Clm 29275 (olim Clm 29163), 10
Heures de Notre-Dame), ix, 56,
BSt, cod. graec. 276, 98n6
114–15n4
Universitätsbibliothek, 2o Cod. ms. 87a,
BnF, nuov. acq. lat. 1154, 102n45
10
BnF, nouv. acq. lat. 1605, 10
BnF, nouv. acq. lat. 1755, 103n55
Oxford
Bodl, Rawlinson D. 1236, 101n43
Prague
Bodl, Canon. Pat. lat. 117, 102n45
Knihovna metropolitní kapituly, N. LIV,
Queen’s College, 305, 103n57
102n45
Státní vědecká knihovna, III.C.18, 102n52
Orléans
Médiathèque (olim BM), 341 (289), 12
Reykjavík
AM 379 4to, 127n16
Oslo
AM 350 fol. ( Skarðsbók Jónsbókar), 28
UB, Ms. 8° 2993, 106n84
AM 386 4to I, 127n26
192 Index
AM 148 8vo ( Kvæðabók úr Vigur),
Troyes
108n38
Médiathèque du Grand Troyes (olim
Landsbókasafn Íslands, JS 405 8vo, 17,
BM), 1636, 14, 102n53, 103n55
18, 21, 31–7, 38, 108n43, 131
SÁM 1 fol. ( Codex Scardensis or
Uppsala
Skarðsbók postulasagna), 28
UB, C 219, 105–6n81
Þjóðminjasafn Íslands, 921, 18, 54
Vallebona
Rome
Santa Maria de Vallebona, 3, 101–2n44
Biblioteca dell’Accademia nazionale
dei Lincei e Corsiniana, 1146, 99n13
Venice
BNM, Marc. lat. II 65 (olim 2901),
Saint-Omer
101–2n44
Bibliothèque de l’Agglomération de
BNM, Marc. lat. XIV 43, 101–2n44
Saint-Omer (olim BM), 202, 9,
BNM, Marc. lat. It II 2 (olim 4326),
99–100n27
101n40, 101–2n44
Salzburg
Vatican City
Bibliothek der Erzabtei St. Peter, a V 27,
BAV, Reg. lat. 1037, 102n45
101n42
BAV, Vat. lat. 4363, 101n40, 101n42
BAV, Vat. lat. 4951, 81
Stockholm
BAV, Vat. lat. 4578, 101n40, 101–2n44
KB, A 3, 103n61
BAV, Vat lat. 5094, 101n42
KB, A 110 ( Codex Oxenstiernianus),
103n61
Vienna
KB, A 115, 106n82
ÖNB, Cod. Lat. 1185 ( Codex Palatinus
KB, Holm. Perg. 3 fol., 107n22
e), 118n58
KB, Holm. Perg. 15 4to ( Icelandic
ÖNB, Cod. Lat. 563 ( Codex
Homily Book), 78
Vindobonensis), 4
Riksarkivet, Skokloster 3 4to, ( Codex
Passionarius), 103n61
Wolfenbüttel
Stuttgart
HAB, Cod. Guelf. 83 Gud. lat. 2°,
Württembergische Landesbibliothek,
103n55
HB I 119, 103n55
HAB, Cod. Guelf. 297 Helmst., 103n55
The Hague
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 133 E6,
103n62
General Index
The present index covers all topics, titles of works, place names, personal names,
and their respective epithets cited in the volume. Medieval and Icelandic people
are indexed by their first name. To facilitate their localization, reference to the
place names will be made exclusively through their modern provinces, regions,
and countries of affiliation.
Aachen, Palace school in North Rhine-
Alexander III, Pope (†1181), 87
Westphalia, Germany, 11
Alexis of Rome, saint (5th c.), 25
Absalon, Archbishop of Lund (†1178),
Ambrose of Milan, archbishop and
89, 126n10
theologian (†397), 93
Acta Pilati, xiii, xiv, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12,
Ananias/Aeneas, Praetorian guard
15, 17, 19, 98nn4, 5, 6, 127n20
in Jerusalem (5th c.), 4
Adam, father of mankind, 5, 7, 65,
Andrea Alciato, Italian jurist (†1550),
70, 71, 72, 81, 83, 112nn50, 51,
84, 125n58
114–15n4; and Eve, 71, 72
Andreas Musculus, German theologian
Adamnán of Iona, hagiographer and
(†1581), 36
abbot of Iona (†704), 10
Andréss saga postola, 22, 25
Agatha of Sicily, saint and martyr (†ca.
Andrew, apostle and saint, 22
251), 28
angels, 79, 81, 96, 109nn3, 5, 121n11,
Agimundus, priest and homilist (8th c.),
160, 162, 164, 167; army/host/
124n49
rank of, xiv, 55, 59, 60, 71, 72,
Agnesar saga, 26, 30
74, 109–10n12, 116nn21, 23, 24,
Alan of Farfa, scholar and homilist
162
(†761), 124n49
Anglo-Saxon England. See England
Alcuin of York, English scholar (†804),
Anthologia graeca, 125n58
10
anti-nihilism, 87
194 Index
Antiphilus of Byzantium, Greek
Rochester, 81; Vetus latina, 4, 62, 63,
epigrammist (1st c.), 125n58
64, 67, 113n98; Vulgate, 73
antiphonaries, 86
biblical canon, xiii, xiv
Apocalypse, 59, 75, 83
Björn Magnússon, governor
Apuleius, Latin writer (†ca. 180), 33,
( sýslumaður) of Munkaþverá
34, 36
(†1697), 24, 107n14
Arcadius I, Roman Emperor (†408),
Björn Þorleifsson, Bishop of Hólar
115n7, 126n14, 167
(†1710), 27, 107n24
Ari Guðmundsson, priest in Mælifell
Blanda, 34
(†1707), 27, 107n24
Blasíuss saga, 27
Ark of the Covenant, 14
Book of Cerne, 101n36
Arney, island in western Iceland, 32,
Book of Enoch, 10
33,
37
Bordesholm, Holstein, Denmark,
Árni Magnússon, Norse scholar and
105n81
collector of manuscripts (†1730), 27,
breviaries, 87
33, 125–6n1
Asinus aureus, 33, 34, 36
Caesarius of Arles, Bishop and
Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany, 84
theologian (†542), 37n10, 81
Augustine of Hippo, saint and
Cana, unknown location in Galilee, 94
theologian (†430), 10, 45, 46, 68,
Canterbury, England, 81, 101n43,
79, 81, 82, 83, 99n21, 123nn37, 38,
113n98
125n54
canticles, 47, 53, 100n35, 113n98
Auxerre, Episcopal see in Burgundy,
Captivus ob gulam (Emblem 95),
France, 83
Andrea Alciato, 125n58
Carolingian scriptoria. See scriptoria
baccalarii Sententiarii, 82
Celestine III, Pope (†1198), 89
baccalarius formatus, 82
Cerberus, Greek mythological hound
Barbǫru saga, 26
guarding the entrance to Hades, 68,
Bartholomew, apostle and saint, 21
120n93
Barthólómeuss saga postola, 25
Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor
Beatus of Liébana, theologian (†ca. 800),
(†877), 100n35
13
Cherub, angel guarding the gates
Bede the Venerable, biblical scholar and
of Paradise, 70, 71, 72, 121n4
exegete (†735), 9, 100n28, 124n49
Christ: as the Good Merchant, 82; as
Beelzebub. See Satan
the King of Glory, 92, 74, 116nn16,
Bernard of Clairvaux, biblical scholar
17, 18, 25, 29, 117n30, 122n18,
and exegete (†1153), 33, 35
124n47, 162, 163, 164, 165, 169,
Bernharðs leiðsla, 32, 34, 35, 36
170; as the King of kings, 75, 76,
Bible, 13, 79, 82, 98; Douay-Rheims,
109nn10, 11, 109–10n12, 110n13,
97n1; French, 81; Parisian, 83, 87;
161, 169; as the Lord of Majesty,
Index 195
8, 116n16, 117nn37, 38, 39; as the
Dalasýsla, Vesturland, western Iceland.
Messiah, 5, 7, 14, 59, 63, 114–15n4;
See Páll Vídalín
as the Redeemer, 9, 44, 58, 83; as
David, King of Israel, 5, 44, 58, 60, 67,
the Saviour, xiii, 15, 116n23, 158,
74, 116n25, 117n30, 162, 163, 165
169; as a warrior-king, 74–6, 108n2,
De aetatibus hominum, Isidore of
116n22; divinity of, xiv, 5, 67, 74,
Sevilla, 37
77, 78, 81, 87, 110nn14, 15, 16,
De civitate Dei, Augustine, 10, 68
110–11n17, 120nn 96, 97, 98, 161,
De locis sanctis, Adamnán of Iona, 10
162, 164, 168, 169; humanity of, xiv,
De Quadragesima Ascensione Domini.
79, 82, 87, 161, 168, 169; Nativity
See Sermo 265D, Augustine
of, 83; Resurrection of, 3, 5, 13, 78,
De Trinitate, Augustine, 123n37
166
Death (personification), 66, 78, 80,
Christ Church, Canterbury Cathedral,
98n1, 111nn24, 25, 115n14, 116n16,
101n43
117nn37, 38, 120n91, 121n11,
Christ’s Second Coming. See
124n41, 125nn57, 58, 161, 162, 165,
Apocalypse
167
Christological Nihilism, 87
Denmark, 105n81
Clairvaux, Cistercian Abbey in
Descensus Christi ad inferos, xiii, xiv, 4,
Champagne-Ardenne, France, 14
5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 15, 17, 70
Clement of Rome, Pope and saint
Descent into Hell, poem in the Exeter
(†ca. 99), 21
Book, 112n23
Collectaneorum in Paulum continuatio,
Desjarmýri, Norður-Múlasýsla, eastern
Peter Lombard, 83, 125n57
Iceland, 34
Collegium philosophorum, Hans
Devil. See Satan
Hanssen Skonning, 33, 37, 108n43
devils. See Hell
Commentaria in Apocalypsin, Beatus
Dismas, the Good Thief, 13, 44, 46;
of Liébana, 13
as Lismas, 13
Commentarii in Danielem, Hippolytus
Dominica Pascha (Seventh Blickling
of Rome Constantinople, 14, 102n50
homily for Easter), 99n21
Continental Scandinavia. See
Doomsday, 76
Scandinavia
Duggals leiðsla, 34
Copenhagen, Denmark, 101n37,
105n81, 125–6n1
E la mira car tot era ensems, 16
Corinthii sunt achaei. See Peter
Easter Sunday, 74
Lombard
eastern France. See France
the Creation, 82, 166
Edda: Elder, 77; Snorra, Snorri
the Creed, 82
Sturluson, 77
Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage and martyr
Eftirtakanlegar smáhistoríur, 37
(†258), 9
Egypt, 119n68
Czech Republic, 13, 102
Einn fáheyrður atburður, 34, 36
196 Index
Einn tilburður frá 1570, 34, 36
Fleury, Benedictine Abbey in Saint-
Einsiedeln, Benedictine Abbey in the
Benoît-sur-Loire, France, 10, 12, 14,
Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, 12
102n51
Elijah, prophet, 12, 46, 47, 65
Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, martyrs
Emblematum liber, Andrea Alciato, 84,
(†320), 25
125n58
fox in a snare. See Satan
England, 13, 101n44, 102n45, 103n55;
France, 13; eastern, 12; medieval, xv, 10,
Anglo-Saxon, 10, 99n21; medieval,
12, 18, 105n81, 121n7; northern, xiii,
81, 113n98, 117n35, 121
xv, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 81, 87, 95
English scriptoria. See scriptoria
Fulda, Benedictine Abbey in Hessen,
Enoch, patriarch, 12, 46, 47, 65, 72, 165,
Germany, 6, 12
166
Epistola Pilati, 13, 102n49
Galilee, northern Israel, 3, 4, 6, 15, 63,
Erik Ivarsson, Archbishop of Niðaross
158
(†1213), 89, 126n10
Garden of Eden, 71, 72, 124n44
Eskil of Lund, Archbishop of Lund
Garður, Church in Suðurnes, southern
(†1181), 126n10
Iceland, 29, 37, 108n31
Eulogium ad Alexandrum papam tertium,
gates of Hell. See Hell
John of Cornwall, 87, 126n3
gates of Paradise. See Paradise
Eusebius of Alexandria, homilist
Germany, 100n31; northern, 16,
(5th c.), 5, 68
105–6n81
Evangelium Nicodemi, xiii, xv, 3, 4, 5,
gesta abbatum, 93
6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
Gesta Pilati, 3
18, 19, 20, 39, 42, 49, 53, 54, 61, 62,
Gesta Salvatoris, xiii, 26
74, 83, 86, 87, 88, 94, 95, 96, 97n3,
giant. See Satan
98nn6, 3, 99–100n27, 105–6n81,
Gilbert of Poitiers, theologian and
113n98, 114–15n4
exegete (†1154), 126; prologue to
Eve. See Adam
Revelation ( Omnes qui pie), 87
Eyjafjörður, northern Icelan
d. See
Gizurr Hallsson, chieftain and deacon
Munkaþverá
(†1206), 92
Eysteinn Erlendsson, Archbishop
Gizurr Ísleifsson, second Bishop of
of Niðaross (†1188), 88, 126n10
Skálholt (†1118), 93
Gloria laus et honor, Theodulf of
Fides, Spes, and Caritas, martyrs
Orléans, 122n23
(2nd c.), 28
Glossa ordinaria, 83, 87, 96, 125n58,
Fídesar saga, Spesar ok Karítasar, 28,
126n8
30
God, 14, 44, 47, 64, 71, 72, 74, 79, 83,
fish on a fishhook. See Satan
90, 91, 109n5, 112nn74, 75, 119n17,
Flagellatio Crucis, 26
121n5, 122n23, 123n35, 158, 159,
Index 197
160, 162, 163, 166; Almighty, 74, 78,
74, 96, 114–15n4, 116n17, 122n18,
90, 91, 122n28, 166; as the Lord of
162, 163, 169; Harrowing of, xiii,
hosts, 122n23; as Yahweh, 77; The
xiv, 3, 5, 7, 17, 55, 56, 61, 62, 74,
Word of, 76, 165
98n6, 101n36, 108–9n2, 114n4,
Golgotha, location of Christ’s crucifixion
119n74; as a host of devils, 41, 66,
outside Jerusalem, 81, 114–15n4
69, 114–15n4, 119n74, 162, 163,
Good Friday, 68, 74
167; as Inferus, 5, 41, 42, 58, 66, 68,
Gospel of John, 94
69, 111n46, 119n74; inhabitants of,
Gospel of Matthew, 4, 94
55, 58, 59, 61, 162, 164; mouth of,
Gospel of Nicodemus, xi, xiii, 3, 56,
114–15n4, 124n44
98n1, 119n74
Hermogenes, magician (1st c.), 117n36
Gospel of the Pseudo-Matthew, 3, 10,
Herod Antipas, Ruler of Galilee (†ca.
98n1
39), 6, 15
graduals, 86
Hilduin, Archchaplain and Bishop of
the great dragon. See Satan
Paris (†840), 11, 100n35
Gregory the Great, Pope and theologian
Holy Cross, 8, 20, 23, 35, 45, 67, 76, 77,
(†604), 78, 79, 100n28, 123n33,
79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 110nn14, 15, 16,
124n49
110–11n17, 114–15n4, 119nn59, 60,
Gregory of Nyssa, theologian (†ca.
61, 162, 163, 164, 165; finding of, 28;
395), 79, 100n35, 123n34
wood of, 9, 124n44
Grímr Hólmsteinsson, writer and priest
Homilia XXV in Evangelia, Gregory the
in Oddi (†1298), 29
Great, 123n33
Guðbrandur Björnsson, Icelandic soldier
homiliaries: Carolingian, 81;
(†1733), 24
Continental, 81; English, 81; Roman,
Gullasni, 34, 35, 36
124n49
homiliary: Agimundus’s, 124n49;
Habakkuk, prophet, 5, 47, 113n98, 165
Alan of Farfa’s, 124n49; Paul the
Hadrian, Roman Emperor (†138), 28
Deacon’s, 124n49
Hallvarðs saga, 26
host of angels. See angels
Hamar, Hedmark, Norway. See Þórir
host of devils. See Hell
of Hamar
Hrappsey, island in Breiðafjörður,