<rs>Digital image of the illustration on page 71 of <persName ref="#Spght01"><forename>Ernest Edwin</forename> <surname>Speight</surname></persName>'s childrens book <title xml:lang="en" level="m">Children of Odin. 1.2 MB This digital image is from Children of Odin. The University of Victoria 2021 Victoria, B.C., Canada

This illustration from Children of Odin is in the public domain.

 ChnOdn-1903-071-01 Early Print Review of The Children of Odin: "The book is copiously illustrated, but we cannot regard this as a merit, for the artist, whose name is not given, has evidently little acquaintance with Northern literature, and has read the letterpress very hurriedly and carelessly." Review by A.F.M in Saga-Book III of the Viking Club. (London: Private Printing of the Viking Society. 1903), 491. Accessed through http://vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/ on 12 January 2022. Children of Odin 1903 71 Victoria Collection of P.A. Baer Grettir Swimming Back to the Ship author Ernest EdwinSpeight6 December 1871-17 September 1949 illustrator Artist Not Known paper 85 65

This scene is from the 1903 edition of Ernest Edwin Speight's Children of Odin that was first published in 1901. The illustration depicts a scene from Chapter 38 in Grettir's Saga, in which Grettir swims back to the ship after he has accidentally set fire to a homestead in Norway resulting in the deaths of the sons of Thorir. The illustration is not signed but contains a monogram in the lower left-hand corner for an artist whose name is not known. 85 65 Not Known.

This illustration was created by an unknown artist for the 1903 edition of Children of Odin.

This illustration is from The Children of Odin from the collection of P. A. Baer.

The digital image repository, MyNDIR, began as part of P. A. Baer's Ph.D. project An Old Norse Image Hoard: From the Analog Past to the Digital Present. The original prototype for a digital image repository and web page featured illustrations of Old Norse gods and heroes from manuscripts and early print sources. The website was launched on June 6, 2013 with one hundred and one illustrations.

In the fall of 2018, MyNDIR became part of the Endings Project in the Humanities Computing and Media Centre at the University of Victoria. The purpose of the project is to archive websites by creating a static version of a site that can be used independent of the internet.

I initially used a Roma Schema with the modules: core, tei, header, textstructure, msdescription, namesdates, certainty, figures, transcr and linking.

All proper nouns for the metadata for the illustrations are marked up with TEI P5 by using: <gi>persName</gi> for beings such as gods, giants, humans, authors, illustrators etc. and <gi>name</gi> for animals, monsters, and artifacts. The <att>xml:id</att>s for proper nouns are always mixed case abbreviations that begin with a capital. The <gi>list</gi> elements always have <att>type</att> and usually have <att>subtype</att> as well. All other TEI tags such as: <placeName/> for places, <orgName/> for archives, and <person/> were used in the manner demonstrated by the TEI P5 guidelines. I use the <att>xml:lang</att> for all of these elements. The keyword items for all proper nouns are linked to further descriptive data in a Names directory (names.xml).

Keyword items consisting of simple nouns, are marked up as <gi>term</gi> to correspond to names of artifacts, animals, and monsters, e.g. Megingjörð = belt, Sleipnir = horse, Jörmungandr = serpent. The keyword items for all simple nouns are also entered in the names.xml file. The <att>xml:id</att>s for simple nouns are not abbreviated, always begin in lower case, are always in English, and are camel back when consisting of more than one word.

The critical approach for the selection of illustrations is focused through the theoretical lens of Material Philology which considers books and their material details, such as covers and illustrations, as cultural artifacts. This selection criteria results in a repository of images that is capable of revealing aspects of book history, culture, and production that the words of the texts alone cannot provide. Consequently, iterations of illustrations with minimal differences are not only included but valued for their research potential, e.g., illustrations from the first and second editions of Kongesagaer.

Old Norse orthography was the preferred representation for all names; however the English orthography was supplied in the keywords for Þōrr for Thor. Old Norse, English and other spellings were recorded in the names.xml file.

The spelling conventions for Old Norse conform to the practice established in An Icelandic-English Dictionary Cleasby,Richard and Vigfússon,Guðbrandur Clarendon Press Oxford 1957 , i.e., the stem of the name plus its nominative marker.

 Used to supply editor, author, illustrator etc. English </item> <item> <term ref="#EdWdn"/></item> <item><title ref="#GrttrSaga"/></item> <item><persName ref="#GrttrAsmnd01"/></item> </list> </keywords> </textClass> </profileDesc> <revisionDesc> <list> <item> <date when="2020-10-16">2020-10-16</date>: the page containing this illustration was scanned with an Epsom scanner at 600 dpi in the Humanities Computing and Media Centre by <persName ref="#CDML01">Camille</persName></item> <!-- FIX - revise the date and info below --> <item> <date when="2020-10-27">2020-10-27</date>: <persName ref="#CDML01">Camille</persName> cropped the image and saved it as: EdWdn-ChnOdn-1901-071-01.jpg</item> </list> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <facsimile> <graphic url="images/EdWdn-ChnOdn-1903-071-01.jpg" mimeType="image/jpeg" width="2074px" height="1522px"/> </facsimile> <text> <body> <div> <figure> <figDesc> We are no longer using FigDesc. The description is in the TEI Header in decoDesc.</figDesc> </figure> </div> </body> <back> <div type="bibliography"> <listBibl> <head>Editions</head> <!-- FIX - change bibl corresp --> <bibl xml:id="ChnOdn-1903-ed"> <author><name><surname>Speight</surname>, <forename>E E</forename></name></author>. <title level="m">Children of Odin. London: H. Marshall , 1903. Secondary Sources M., A. F.. "Review of The Children of Odin by E. E. Speight" in Saga-Book III of the Viking Club London: Private Printing of the Viking Society, 1903.
The MyNDIR Team Laliberte, Camille Research Assistant Artist Not KnownArtist Not Known Artist not known for this illustration in Children of Odin.Historical Persons, i.e. from Heimskringla, Saxo, sagas etc. Grettir Ásmundarson The main character of Grettis Saga, who was also known as Grettir sterki, i.e., Grettir the Strong. NounsEdwardianThe Edwardian era began with the reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910 (January 22, 1901 - July 28, 1914). However, the era's end date is sometimes extended to the beginning of World War 1 (28 July 1914).Source Materials: <ref target="ChnOdn-1903.xml">Children of Odin</ref> Children's book by Ernest Edwin Speight published in 1901. The illustrations in MyNDIR are from the second edition that was published in 1903. Disambiguation: This book should not be confused with The Children of Odin by Padriac Colum published in 1920 that was illustrated by Willy Pogany. <ref target="GrttrSaga.xml">Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar</ref> Grettis Saga Grettir's Saga An Icelandic saga that belongs to the group of Icelandic Sagas known as Family Sagas. The saga concerns the life of Grettir Ásmundarson, who was cursed by the undead revenant of the shepherd Glámr. Consequently, Grettir was ill-fated and afraid of the dark thereafter. Grettir became an outlaw after he accidentally set fire to a building in Norway resulting in the deaths of its occupants. Source Persons Speight, Ernest Edwin 6 December 1871 17 September 1949 English Author, Professor of English Yorkshire, England Ernest Edwin Speight, better known as E. E. Speight, was an English professor who worked in India and Japan. He authored Children of Odin, as well as numerous English textbooks. He was awarded the Fifth Class of the Order of the Rising Sun by the Emperor of Japan for his services as a teacher.