The paper is a presentation of our project, an upcoming website on Icelandic medieval manuscripts and cultural history. The sagas and the Eddic-poems are the product both of European culture and of Icelandic social conditions. The website will contain both a general historical discussion of the manuscripts and a detailed presentation of matters connected with their production. The website will be ideal teaching-material but can also provide useful information for the general public and tourists.
The project’s aims
To publish a website with information about the origin, history and preservation of Icelandic manuscripts, as well as their contents and their role in Icelandic cultural history
To utilize the latest technology to make this cultural history available to those without special knowledge of the field
Target users
Students in Icelandic elementary and secondary schools
The interested public and tourists
The website can also be translated and modified for:
Cultural tourism
Elementary and secondary students in other Nordic countries
Students of Icelandic or Old Norse studies in universities
Distance teaching
Other web project
