Saga Saga
September 27, 2011 7:18 PM Subscribe
Dr. Emily Lethbridge of Cambridge University is on a year-long research trip to document the settings of Icelandic Sagas. The short documentary Memories of Old Awake beautifully captures those dramatic landscapes, and you can read more about her research on her blog The Saga-Steads of Iceland: A Twenty-First Century Pilgrimage. (via) (previously)
Fantastic! Although Emily and I have never met, we have mutual friends, and I was always envious of the "ASNCs" upstairs. Thanks so much for posting this!
posted by honest knave at 8:54 PM on September 27, 2011
posted by honest knave at 8:54 PM on September 27, 2011
This is wonderful. Thanks!
posted by homunculus at 10:04 PM on September 27, 2011
posted by homunculus at 10:04 PM on September 27, 2011
Oh my.
posted by hototogisu at 11:58 PM on September 27, 2011
posted by hototogisu at 11:58 PM on September 27, 2011
Here are some excellent B+W photos to go with your reading pleasure.
posted by adamvasco at 1:26 AM on September 28, 2011
posted by adamvasco at 1:26 AM on September 28, 2011
Lethbridge's posts are very good. I've been following her blog and it's consistently fascinating.
posted by Kattullus at 5:53 AM on September 28, 2011
posted by Kattullus at 5:53 AM on September 28, 2011
Fascinating stuff and the photos are just wonderful. I'm mildly frustrated by the limited story detail in the video about the sagas to go hunting for more but as a teaser it's terrific and the photography is so evocative -will be spending a lot more time on her blog.
posted by leslies at 6:41 AM on September 28, 2011
posted by leslies at 6:41 AM on September 28, 2011
Thats brilliant. Thanks! Loads of blog reading ahead of me I see.
posted by Fence at 10:25 AM on September 28, 2011
posted by Fence at 10:25 AM on September 28, 2011
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thank you Horace Rumpole for the links, and the stories.
posted by seawallrunner at 8:12 PM on September 27, 2011