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lmpensarum magnitudine cogente partem tantum disserta-
tionis meae excudi facio, sed eam quae praecipua mihi
videtur. Huic parti praecesserunt: »Rerum septemtrio-
naiium et literarum in Islandia ante Snorronem studii
adumbratio« ct »De Snorronis vita ct scriptis,« quae
scripta tam accurate collecta invenies in »Mohuicke, Heims-
kringla. Sagen der könige Norwegens von Snorrc Stur-
lason. Stralsund 1837« ut pauca tantum addcnda mihi
fuerunt. Secutae autem sunt hanc partem commcntationes
de Inglingasaga, prima Heimskringlae parte. —
De Heimskringlae auctoritate el fontibus.
Omnes, qui literis Islandicis operam dederunt, exceptis
paucis supra nominatis Adelungio, Delio, aliis, aliqua ex
parte etiam Dahlmanno, huc convenerunt, omnibus aliis
historicis scriptis longe praestare Snorronis opus, cum
orationis simplici nativitate et vivacitate, tum judicii histo-
rici subtilitate; iliam autem orationis simplicitatem vividis
imo poeticis coloribus ornatam signum esse e traditione
haustarum narrationum itidem consentiunt. Maxima autem
fuit controversia, utrum Snorro totam historiam e nar-
rationibus fando acceptis, an e scriptis jam monumentis
hauserit. P. E. Miiller in diversis scriptis perlucide pro-
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