The Anchin manuscript ofPassio Olavi(Douai 295), William of Jumièges, and Theodoricus Monachus: New evidence for intellectual relations between Norway and France in the 12th century
Lars Boje Mortensen
The ms. Douai, Bibl. mun., 295 (end of the 12th century) is not only one two earliest textual witnesses to official legend Norwegian royal saint, Olav (? 1030), Passio Olaui, it also a remarkable edition in its own right because offers long quotation from unique source, almost contemporary with Olav: William Jumièges's Gesta Normannorum ducum V.11-12(ca. 1050-1070). It shown that ms., copied northern France (Anchin), must derive source and thus valuable new evidence intellectual connections between Norway late century. A difficult passage Theodoricus Monachus' brief History (ca. 1180) - which draws on exactly same paragraphs Jumièges analysed. suggested Theodoricus, together archbishop Øystein (1161-1188) other high-ranking Norwegians, played an important role formation corpus texts around 1160-1180, including Olaui.
Symbolae Osloenses