<rs>Digital image of <persName ref="#RckHm01"><forename>Arthur</forename> <surname>Rackham</surname></persName>'s illustration on page 137 of the 1907 edition of <title xml:lang="en" level="m">The Land of Enchantment. 3.7 KB This digital image is from The Land of Enchantment. The University of Victoria 2024 Victoria, B.C., Canada

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 LndEnchMnt-1907-137-01 Black and white image on Wiki Commons Stories From the Eddas in The Land of Enchantment 1907 137 Victoria illo The Death of Baldr author Emma SophiaBuchheim, 1860 1951 illustrator Arthur Rackham 1867-1939 paper 210 275

This scene is from the 1907 edition of The Land of Enchantment, a collection of Arthur Rackham's illustrations that originally appeared in the Victorian era periodical "Little Folks" between 1896 and 1902. This illustration, from the chapter Stories from the Eddas, depicts a Victorian era retelling of Snorri's version of the The Death of Baldr myth. The illustration depicts Baldr's blind brother, Höðr, immediately after Loki tricked him into killing Baldr. Baldr's wife, Nana, is about to embrace her husband's dead body. The caption reads "There broke forth a wailing and a lamentation." [the text that is being illustrated is on p. 134] 135 190 pen and ink

This illustration was created by Arthur Rackham in London, for the 1907 edition of The Land of Enchantment.

This illustration is from The Land of Enchantment.

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="#DeathBald"/></item> <item><persName ref="#HoDr01"/></item> <item><persName ref="#LoK01"/></item> <item><persName ref="#BalD01"/></item> <item><persName ref="#NaNa01"/></item> </list> </keywords> </textClass> </profileDesc> <revisionDesc> <list> <item><!-- FIX --> <date when="2024-02-13">2024-02-13</date>: the page containing this illustration was photographed with an Apple iPhone 11 Pro max 26mm f1.8 12 MP.</item> <item><!-- FIX --> <date when="2024-02-13">2024-02-13</date>: cropped the image and saved it as: EdWdn-LndEnchMnt-1907-137-01-Plt.jpg - Dimensions: 1662 px x 2261 px.</item> </list> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <facsimile> <!-- FIX - the jpg file name and fill in the px dimensions below--> <graphic url="images/EdWdn-LndEnchMnt-1907-137-01-Plt.jpg" mimeType="image/jpeg" width="1625px" height="2228px"/> </facsimile> <text> <body> <div> <figure> <!-- We are no longer using figDesc in the body --> <figDesc/> </figure> </div> </body> <back> <div type="bibliography"> <listBibl> <head>Editions</head> <bibl xml:id="LndEnchMnt-1907-ed"> <author><name><surname>Buchheim</surname>, <forename>E. S.</forename></name></author> <title level="a">Stories from the Eddas. The Land of Enchantment. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. [Reprinted from “Little Folks.”]. Cassells, 1907, pp.11-144.
Anomalies Loki Loge

In Norse mythology, Loki is counted among the gods but he is a giant by birth.

 InThe Ring of the Nibelung, Richard Wagner created Loge by combining the figure of Loki, who is counted to be among the gods in the Prose Edda, with the giant Logi,who is the personification of fire in the myth concerning Þórr´s Journey to the Court of Útgarða-Loki. Gods and Goddesses Baldr Balder The god who was killed by his brother Höðr. Höðr Hod The god who killed his brother Baldr with a weapon made of mistletoe. Depending on the source, the mistletoe projectile is a spear, an arrow, or a dart. In the Prose Edda, Höðr is blind and his aim is guided by Loki. Nanna The wife of Baldr and the mother of Forseti. According to Snorri, Nanna dies of grief and is burned along with Baldr on his funeral pyre. Myths <ref target="DeathBald.xml">Death of Baldr Myth</ref> A myth concerning an accidental fratricide. It sometimes includes Loki as an instigator who dupes Baldr's brother, Höðr, into the act and actually guides his hand. In the Prose Edda, Snorri says that Höðr was blind.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="LndEnchMnt-1907.xml">The Land of Enchantment</ref> A collection of Arthur Rackham's illustrations that originally appeared in the Victorian era periodical " Little Folks " between 1896 and 1902.Source Persons Buchheim, Emma Sophia English 1860 1951 Bristish British academic; lecturer on German, King's College London The author of Stories From the Eddas, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, published in Little Folks. Rackham, Arthur 1867 1939 English illustrator London One of the most prominent illustrators during the Golden Age of British Book Illustration (c. 1880 - 1930). His illustrations of Norse mythology frequently appeared in "Little Folks" which were collected and published in the Land of Enchantment. Rackham also created 64 watercolours for the English translation of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, The Ring of the Niblung. The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie bound with Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods.