Agnete Loth Explained
Agnete Loth (18 November 1921 – 2 June 1990) was an editor and translator of Old Norse-Icelandic texts.[1] [2] She is notable for editing late medieval romance sagas, which she published in five volumes intended "to provide a long-needed provisional basis for the study" of these sagas.[3]
In 1975, she married the Icelandic philologist and poet Jón Helgason.
Selected works
WorldCat lists 108 works associated with Agnete Loth. A selection of the most widely held includes:
- Book: Reykjahólabók. Islandske helgenlegender. 1969–70. Munksgaard. Loth, Agnete. 8716043650. Copenhagen. 2085565.
- Book: Loth, Agnete. Late Medieval Icelandic Romances. Den Arnamagnæanske Komission. 1962–1965. Copenhagen.
- Book: Karlamagnús saga : branches I, III, VII et IX. 1980. Société pour l'étude de langue et de la littérature danoises. Agnete Loth. Povl Skårup. Knud Togeby. Pierre Halleux. 8774212613. Copenhagen. 8311305.
- Book: Fornaldarsagas and late medieval romances : AM 586 4to and AM 589 a-f 4to. 1977. Rosenkilde and Bagger. Loth, Agnete. 8742302676. Copenhagen. 6710039.
- Book: Loth, Agnete. Thomasskinna : Gl. kgl. saml. 1008 fol. in the Royal Library, Copenhagen [Faksimileudgave]. 1964. Rosenkilde and Bagger . Copenhagen . 473195314.
- Book: Loth, Agnete. Membrana regia deperdita. [Containing Gísla saga Súrssonar, Fostbrædra saga, Þorsteins saga Síðuhallsonar and Hrafns saga Sveinbjarnarsonar.]. 1960. 560608145.
- Book: Loth, Agnete. Jón Helgason : bibliografi 1919-1969. 1969. Rosenkilde og Bagger. 877738940.
Notes and References
- Book: Schjørring, Jens Holger. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Gyldendal. 1979–1984 . 3 . Jón Helgason. 6 April 2019.
- Web site: Loth, Agnete Biography. handrit.is. 2019-04-06.
- Malone . Kemp. October 1966 . Late Medieval Icelandic Romances. Agnete Loth . Review . Speculum. 41. 4. 754–755. 10.2307/2852338 . 2852338 . free. 0038-7134.
