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The Roman God Mars Equated With Týr

The Roman God Mars Equated With Týr

  • Creator: Jakob Sigurðsson 1727-1779
  • Description: This illustration depicts a figure holding a Roman sword and shield and dressed in the attire of a Roman soldier. The runic text identifies the figure as "Mars or Týr."
  • Source: IB 299 4to
  • Folio or Page: 60r.
  • Medium: ink drawing on paper with coloured ink wash
  • Date: 1764
  • Dimensions (mm): 135 x 165
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  • Rights:
    Images from IB 299 4to are displayed with permission from The Icelandic National Library in Reykjavik. Link to E-manuscript: http://handrit.is/en/manuscript/imaging/is/IB04-0299/page#0059v
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    • Research notes:
      P. A. Baer notes that the activity of equating Germanic and Old Norse gods with Roman gods was described in the annuals of Tacitus in the first century A.D. and the tradition continued in the works of antiquarian scholars in the seventeenth century such as Olaus Verelius, Olaus Rudbeck, and others.
    • Identity Number: IB299-060r
    • Download size: 2.8 MB
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    ÍB 299 4to, ÍB 299 4to   Jakob Sigurðsson , Jakob Sigurdsson   Týr, Tyr  

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      Snorri Sturluson (is.)
      b. 1179
      d. 1241
      Nationality: Icelandic
      Snorri was an Icelandic statesman, scholar, and author who is credited with writing Heimskringla, The Prose Edda, and possibly Egil's Saga.
      Jakob Sigurðsson (is.)
      Jakob Sigurdsson (en.)
      b. 1727
      d. 1779
      Nationality: Icelandic
      Jokob was a tenant farmer, poet, scribe, and illustrator, who created full-page Eddaillustrations in hand-copied paper manuscripts in Iceland in the eighteenth century.
      Týr (non.)
      Tyr (en.)
      The god who put his hand in the mouth of the wolf Fenrir as pledge that the gods were not really trying to bind Fenrir but were only testing his strength. Fenrir bit off Týr's hand when they succeeded in binding him.
      ÍB 299 4to This is one of several manuscripts that features Jakob Sigurdsson's renderings of scenes from the Prose Edda along with a title page that is his own creation.
      ÍB 299 4to This is one of several manuscripts that features Jakob Sigurdsson's renderings of scenes from the Prose Edda along with a title page that is his own creation.