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[[File:Icelandic george.jpg|thumb|A page from ''Teiknibók'' showing St George slaying the dragon.]]
'''''Teiknibók''''' ([[Reykjavík]], [[Stofnun Árna Magnússonar]], AM 673 a III 4to) is an Icelandic manuscript of drawings used as models for manuscript illumination, painting, carving and metalwork. It is remarkable for being one of only three dozen books of its type which survive from Western Europe and the only example extant from medieval Scandinavia.<ref name=":0"></ref><ref name=":1"></ref> The manuscript was produced over a period of over 150 years by four anonymous artists, beginning in around 1330.<ref name=":1" /> The illustrations in ''Teiknibók'' resemble those in ''[[Kirkjubæjarbók]]'', and it may have served as a model for them.<ref name=":4"></ref> In the words of the manuscript's most recent editor Guðbjörg Kristjánsdóttir, "The diverse subjects of the drawings prove that Icelandic art flourished to a far greater degree than surviving works of art would indicate." <ref name=":0" />
== History and Description ==
The manuscript was given to Árni Magnússon along with two leaves from the Old Norse-Icelandic ''[[Physiologus]]'' dating to around 1200.<ref name=":1" /> The [[Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies|Árni Magússon Institute]] in Iceland received the manuscript on 2 June 1991,<ref name=":2"> Manuscript Handrit.is|website=handrit.is|access-date=2019-04-20}}</ref> which is in too poor a condition to be displayed permanently.<ref name=":0" />
21 leaves and a fragment of the manuscript survive.<ref name=":1" /> The leaves measure between 170-180 mm by 127-135 mm.<ref name=":2" /> The condition of the manuscript is poor, affected by patches of rot and decay which has left holes in its pages. The illustrations themselves are are faded and worn, and number have been altered and others have been scribbled over.<ref name=":0" />
Four artists worked on the manuscript: Artist A (1330-1360) illustrated 15 sheets;<ref name=":0" /> Artist B (1360-1390) worked on 2 pages;<ref name=":3"></ref> Artist C (1450-1475) has left work on 22 pages;<ref name=":3" /> Artist D (c. 1500) is found on 8 pages.<ref></ref>
Battista suggests that the monastery at [[Þingeyraklaustur|Þingeyrar]] is a likely source for the manuscript.<ref name=":4" />
== References ==
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== Further reading ==
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[[Category:Icelandic manuscripts]]
'''''Teiknibók''''' ([[Reykjavík]], [[Stofnun Árna Magnússonar]], AM 673 a III 4to) is an Icelandic manuscript of drawings used as models for manuscript illumination, painting, carving and metalwork. It is remarkable for being one of only three dozen books of its type which survive from Western Europe and the only example extant from medieval Scandinavia.<ref name=":0"></ref><ref name=":1"></ref> The manuscript was produced over a period of over 150 years by four anonymous artists, beginning in around 1330.<ref name=":1" /> The illustrations in ''Teiknibók'' resemble those in ''[[Kirkjubæjarbók]]'', and it may have served as a model for them.<ref name=":4"></ref> In the words of the manuscript's most recent editor Guðbjörg Kristjánsdóttir, "The diverse subjects of the drawings prove that Icelandic art flourished to a far greater degree than surviving works of art would indicate." <ref name=":0" />
== History and Description ==
The manuscript was given to Árni Magnússon along with two leaves from the Old Norse-Icelandic ''[[Physiologus]]'' dating to around 1200.<ref name=":1" /> The [[Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies|Árni Magússon Institute]] in Iceland received the manuscript on 2 June 1991,<ref name=":2"> Manuscript Handrit.is|website=handrit.is|access-date=2019-04-20}}</ref> which is in too poor a condition to be displayed permanently.<ref name=":0" />
21 leaves and a fragment of the manuscript survive.<ref name=":1" /> The leaves measure between 170-180 mm by 127-135 mm.<ref name=":2" /> The condition of the manuscript is poor, affected by patches of rot and decay which has left holes in its pages. The illustrations themselves are are faded and worn, and number have been altered and others have been scribbled over.<ref name=":0" />
Four artists worked on the manuscript: Artist A (1330-1360) illustrated 15 sheets;<ref name=":0" /> Artist B (1360-1390) worked on 2 pages;<ref name=":3"></ref> Artist C (1450-1475) has left work on 22 pages;<ref name=":3" /> Artist D (c. 1500) is found on 8 pages.<ref></ref>
Battista suggests that the monastery at [[Þingeyraklaustur|Þingeyrar]] is a likely source for the manuscript.<ref name=":4" />
== References ==
<references />
== Further reading ==
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[[Category:Icelandic manuscripts]]
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