<rs>Digital image of <persName ref="#BrK01"><forename>C.</forename> <forename>E.</forename><surname>Brock</surname></persName>'s illustration on page 213 in the 1930 edition of <persName ref="#KrY01"><forename>Annie</forename> <surname>Keary</surname></persName>'s childrens book <title xml:lang="en" level="m">The Heroes of Asgard. 961 KB This digital image is from The Heroes of Asgard. The University of Victoria 2018 Victoria, B.C., Canada

This illustration from The Heroes of Asgard is in the public domain.

 HrsAsg-1930-213-01-Hdr Charles Edmund Brock signed his work as C. E. Brock because he was often confused for a portrait painter of the same name. When it got to the point that they were paying each other's bills, the illustrator agreed to stop using his middle name and the portrait painter agreed to stop using his first name (Kelly 29). Early print review of the first edition of The Heroes of Asgard (1857): "The Scandinavian mythology converted into a tale told for the edification of children, after the manner of books that have taught the Greek and Roman mythology. But no genius can invest the gods of Asgard with the charms of the gods of Oympus. They have none of the grace or dignity. But the authoress has made the best of an unattractive theme." (The Critic 130). Web. 27 July 2021. Early print review of the first edition of The Heroes of Asgard (1857): "The fables of the Northern mythology are here reduced to a form adapted to the intelligence of children. They have been cleverly set to an accompaniment of occasional dialogue, lightening and relieving the narrative of giants' wars and of heroic prowess achieved by dwellers in the immortal city. The book is a good specimen of learning made easy by being made pleasant." (The Athenaeum 470). Web. 27 July 2021. The Heroes of Asgard 1930 213 Victoria, B.C. Collection of P. A. Baer Header for "The Twilight of the Gods" author Annie KearyMarch 3, 1825-March 3, 1879 illustrator C.E.Brock February 5, 1870-February 28, 1938 paper 150 200

This illustration is from a retelling of Norse mythology in the 1930 edition of Annie Keary's The Heroes of Asgard (1857) illustrated by Charles E. Brock. The book is divided into nine stories beginning with the Creation Myth and ending with Ragnarök. The stories are further divided into parts which have illustrated headers and illustrated capital letters. This header illustration in Story IX: Ragnarök for “The Twilight of the Gods“ depicts Surtr leading the sons of Muspell into battle at Ragnarök. 98 61 Not known

This illustration was created by C. E. Brock in London, England and published in 1930 in The Heroes of Asgard.

This illustration is from the 1979 facsimile edition of The Heroes of Asgard (1930) from the collection of P. A. Baer.

The purpose of my Ph.D. project was to create a prototype for a digital image repository and web page for 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. The total number of illustrations in MyNDIR for the Endings Project is 151 as of November 27, 2018. I will continue to add illustrations to the website.

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).

I also create keyword items consisting of simple nouns, which were 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> <persName ref="#SrTr01"/> </item> <item> <name type="event" ref="#RagRok01"/> </item> <item> <name type="giants" ref="#SnsMsPl01"/> </item> <item><title ref="#BttlRagRok"/></item> </list> </keywords> </textClass> </profileDesc> <revisionDesc> <list> <item> <date when="2020-10-27">2020-10-27</date>: the page containing this illustration was scanned with an Epsom scanner at 600 dpi in the Humanities Computing and Mediea Centre by <persName ref="#SDK01">S. Dunn-Krahn</persName>. </item> <item> <date when="2020-10-27">2020-10-27</date>: <persName>S. Dunn-Krahn</persName> cropped the image and saved it as:BrK-HrsAsg-1930-213-01-Hdr.jpg</item> </list> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <facsimile> <graphic url="images/BrK-HrsAsg-1930-213-01-Hdr.jpg" mimeType="image/jpeg" width="2318px" height="1449px"/> </facsimile> <text> <body> <div> <figure> <figDesc>This illustration is from a retelling of Norse mythology in the 1930 edition of <persName ref="#KrY01">Annie Keary's</persName> <title level="m">The Heroes of Asgard (1857) illustrated by Charles E. Brock. The book is divided into nine stories beginning with the Creation Myth and ending with Ragnarök. The stories are further divided into parts which have illustrated headers and illustrated capital letters. This header illustration in Story IX: Ragnarök for “The Twilight of the Gods“ depicts Surtr leading the sons of Muspell into battle at Ragnarök.
Primary Sources Keary, Annie, and Eliza Keary. The Heroes of Asgard: Tales from Scandinavian Mythology. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1930. Keary, Annie, and Eliza Keary. The Heroes of Asgard: Tales from Scandinavian Mythology. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1979. Secondary Sources Cleasby, Richard and Vigfússon Guðbrandur . An Icelandic-English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957. Kelly C. M. The Brocks: A Family of Cambridge Artists and Illustrators London: C. Skilton, 1975 Print. Simek, Rudolf. Angela Hall . Dictionary of Northern Mythology. W Woodbridge: D. S. Brewer, 2007.
The MyNDIR Team Dunn-Krahn, Sage Research Assistant Giants and Giantesses Surtr Giant with a bright or flaming sword who guards the boundaries of Muspell and leads the sons of Muspell at Ragnarok. He kills Freyr in the battle and is responsible for the fire that burns the world afterwards. Myths <ref target="CreaTn.xml">Creation Myth</ref> A series of myths concerning the creation of the world, the origins of the gods, and the creation of humans. <ref target="BttlRagRok.xml">The Battle of Ragnarök</ref>The myth concerning the final great battle between the gods and the giants.Mythological Events Ragnarök Ragnarok The final great battle between the gods and the giants. Nouns sons of Muspell The warriors that Surtr will lead from Muspell to fight against the Æsir at the Battle of Ragnarök. Source Materials: <ref target="HrsAsg-1930.xml"><!-- The -->Heroes of Asgard (1930 ed.)</ref>The third illustrated edition of The Heroes of Asgard was published in 1930 and was illustrated by C. E. Brock.Source Persons Brock, Charles E. 5 February 1870 28 February 1938 English painter, line artist and book illustrator Keary, Annie English Novelist, poet, and childrens book writer. Anna Maria Keary, known as Annie Keary, was an English novelist, poet, and children's writer. Her sister Eliza Keary collaborated with her in writing “The Heroes of Asgard” that was first published in 1857 and many times thereafter.