Key Publications - Books (Monographs)
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2026). The Mabinogion Set. The Fractal Structure of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi, University of Wales Press. https://www.uwp.co.uk/book/the-mabinogion-set-petrovskaia/
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2025). The Modern Afterlives of Old Irish Travel Narratives. From Gulliver to Star Trek, Literary Reception and Art Reception, vol. 1, Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004734548
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2025). Transforming Europe in the Medieval European Images of the World, 1100-1500. Fuzzy Geographies, Knowledge Communities (Amsterdam University Press, 2025) https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048563166/transforming-europe-in-the-images-of-the-world-1110-1500
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2023). This is Not a Grail Romance: Understanding Historia Peredur vab Efrawc. University of Wales Press. https://www.uwp.co.uk/book/this-is-not-a-grail-romance/
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2020). Delw y Byd: A Medieval Welsh Encyclopedia. (MHRA Library of Medieval Welsh Literature). Modern Humanities Research Association. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1brr979
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2015). Medieval Welsh Perceptions of the Orient. Brepols. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.CURSOR-EB.5.106648
Publications
2026
Scholarly publications
Petrovskaia, N. (2026). Medieval French on the Move: Studies in Honour of Keith Busby. English Studies. Advance online publication. [DOI]
Petrovskaia, N. (2026). The Mabinogion Set: The Fractal Structure of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi. University of Wales Press.
2025
Scholarly publications
Petrovskaia, N. (2025). Review of Georgia Henley "Reimagining the Past in the Borderlands of Medieval England and Wales", Oxford Textual Perspectives, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024). Studies in the Age of Chaucer, 47, 380-384. [DOI]
Petrovskaia, N. (2025). Explicit and Implicit Multilingualisms: The Imago mundi and MS Estense α.Q.5. In B. Besamusca, L. Demets, & J. Hugen (Eds.), The Multilingual Dynamics of Medieval Literature in Western Europe, c. 1200–c. 1600 (pp. 73-90). Brepols. [DOI] [Repository]
Petrovskaia, N. (2025). The Modern Afterlives of Old Irish Travel Narratives: From Gulliver to Star Trek. (Literary Reception and Art Reception; Vol. 1). Brill. [DOI]
Petrovskaia, N. (2025). Transforming Europe in the Images of the World, 1110-1500: Fuzzy Geographies. (Knowledge Communities; Vol. 14). Amsterdam University Press. [DOI] [Repository]
Popularising publications
Petrovskaia, N. (2025). Alle wegen leiden naar Rome… alle poorten leiden naar de Aarde. Klassieke en middeleeuwse legenden in Stargate SG-1. Web publication/site, Week van de Klassieken. https://www.weekvandeklassieken.nl/blog/2025_187
2024
Scholarly publications
Petrovskaia, N. (2024). Review of Helen Fulton and Sif Rikhardsdottir (eds), Charlemagne in the Norse and Celtic Worlds (Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2022)". Studia Celtica, 58, 209-211. [DOI]
Petrovskaia, N. (2024). Re-Writing Parts of Europe in Some Vernacular Adaptations of the Imago Mundi. In M. Bampi, & S. Gropper (Eds.), Medieval Translatio: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Translation and Transfer of Language, Culture, Literature (pp. 81-101). (Modes of Modification; Vol. 2). De Gruyter. [DOI] [Repository]
Petrovskaia, N. (2024). Manuscripts, Maps, and the Dynamics of Reading in the European Middle Ages. Quaerendo, 54(2-3), 113-128. [DOI] [Repository]
Petrovskaia, N. (2024). En busca de historias artúricas perdidas en tradiciones traducidas: En torno al tema de las manzanas en el relato galés de "Peredur". In J. M. Perujo Melgar, & P. V. Cuadra (Eds.), Transmissió del saber a través de la traducció durant l’edat mitjana (pp. 229-242). (Folia Germà Colón; Vol. 3). Institut Interuniversitari de Filologia Valenciana (IIFV). [Repository]
Petrovskaia, N. (2024). The Purpose and Significance of the Partial Catalan Translation of Imago mundi in BNF ESP. 30 (‘Catalan Atlas’). In T. M. Romero, & L. Prades Yerves (Eds.), Didacticism, Literature and Translation: The Transmission of Knowledge in the Middle Ages (Problemata Literaria; Vol. 101). Edition Reichenberger.
Petrovskaia, N. (2024). The Way to Rome in the Medieval Welsh Imagination. In E. Rose, R. Flierman, & M. de Bruin-van de Beek (Eds.), City, Citizen, Citizenship, 400–1500 : A Comparative Approach (pp. 433-457). (The New Middle Ages). Palgrave Macmillan. [DOI] [Repository]
Popularising publications
Petrovskaia, N. (2024). Is This Not a Grail Romance?. Web publication/site, University of Wales Press. https://www.uwp.co.uk/is-this-not-a-grail-romance/
2023
Scholarly publications
Petrovskaia, N. (2023). The limits of medieval translation: Juan de Mena’s use of the Imago mundi in the Laberinto de Fortuna. Translation Matters, 5(2), 19-30. [DOI] [Repository]
Petrovskaia, N. (2023). This is Not a Grail Romance: Understanding Historia Peredur vab Efrawc. University of Wales Press.
2022
Scholarly publications
Petrovskaia, N. (2022). (写本の)空間と中世の百科全書 - (Manuscript) Book Space and the Medieval Encyclopedia -. In S. Tokunaga (Ed.), テキストと/の空間性 (pp. 7-15). Article 1 (文献学の世界 Lecture Series ; Vol. 2021). 慶應義塾大学文学部/Keio University Faculty of Letters.
Petrovskaia, N. (2022). Europe and the Holy Land in the British Branch of the Imago Mundi Tradition. In K. Hurlock, & L. J. Whatley (Eds.), Crusading and Ideas of the Holy Land in Medieval Britain (pp. 41-66). (Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe; Vol. 34). Brepols. [Repository]
Petrovskaia, N. (2022). La formulation tripartite du monde dans les encyclopédies et textes littéraires du Moyen Âge. In E. Louviot, C. Garcia, & S. Morrison (Eds.), La Formule au Moyen Âge IV / Formulas in Medieval Culture IV (pp. 197-217). (ARTeM Atelier de Recherche sur les Textes Médiévaux; Vol. 31). Brepols. https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503594149-1 [Repository]
2021
Scholarly publications
Petrovskaia, N. (2021). Peredur and the Problem of Inappropriate Questions. Journal of the International Arthurian Society, 9, 3-23. [DOI] [Repository]
Petrovskaia, N. (2021). Die Identität des Riesen in Owein - Die Herrin der Quelle. In Riesen: Entwürfe und Deutungen des Außer/Menschlichen in mittelalterlicher Literatur (pp. 419-438). (Studia Medievalia Septentrionalia; Vol. 28). Verlag Fassbaender. [Repository]
Popularising publications
Petrovskaia, N. (2021). On the importance of the incidental reference: king Arthur and "The Mandalorian". Kelten, 89. https://kelten.vanhamel.nl/k88-2021-petrovskaia-excalibur-zwaard-mandalorian
2020
Scholarly publications
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2020). Delw y Byd: A Medieval Welsh Encyclopedia. (MHRA Library of Medieval Welsh Literature). Modern Humanities Research Association. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1brr979
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2020). Which ‘pagans’? The influence of the crusades on battle narratives in Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia. In R. Naismith, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, & E. Ashman Rowe (Eds.), Writing Battles: New Perspectives on Warfare and Memory in Medieval Europe (pp. 147-164). Bloomsbury Academic. [DOI]
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2020). Translation and Transmission of Texts in Medieval Europe: Two Aspects of Translatio. In M. Bellmunt Serrano, & J. Mahiques Climent (Eds.), Literature, Science & Religion: Textual Transmission and Translation in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (pp. 359-374). (Problemata Literaria; Vol. 88). Edition Reichenberger.
Popularising publications
Petrovskaia, N. (2020). De grenzeloze kaart. Madoc, 34(4), 236-237.
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2020). Cú Chulainn op het Japanse podium. Kelten, 85.
2019
Scholarly publications
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2019). Merlin: magician or prophet? In D. Buschinger, A. Ibos-Augé, & M. Olivier (Eds.), Magie, féerie, sorcellerie: actes du colloque international des 13, 14 et 15 mars 2019, Logis du Roy, Amiens (Vol. 69, pp. 207-215). Presses du "Centre d'Etudes Médiévales de Picardie". [Repository]
Petrovskaia, N. I., & Watanabe, K., (Trans.) (2019). 中世ウェールズ文学におけるグワルフマイ. In K. Watanabe (Ed.), アーサー王伝説研究: 中世から現代まで (Vol. 71, pp. 361-379). (中央大学人文科学研究所研究叢書; Vol. 71). 中央大学/Chuo University.
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2019). Review of Keith Busby, French in Medieval Ireland, Ireland in Medieval French: The Paradox of Two Worlds. (Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe 27.) Turnhout: Brepols, 2017. Speculum, 94(4), 1134-1135. [DOI] [Repository]
Petrovskaia, N. I., & Calis, K. (2019). Image of the world: manuscripts database of the Imago Mundi Tradition. Web publication/site, Universiteit Utrect. https://imagomundi.hum.uu.nl/
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2019). Mythologizing the Geographical Landscape: Religion and History in Imago mundi, Image du monde, and Delw y Byd. In M. Egeler (Ed.), Landscape and Myth in Northwestern Europe (pp. 195-211). (Borders, Boundaries, Landscapes; Vol. 2). Brepols. [DOI] [Repository]
2018
Scholarly publications
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2018). Où va-t-on pour son aventure? Mondes connus et mondes inconnus dans le roman chevaleresque au Moyen Âge. In D. Buschinger, M. Olivier, T. Kuhnle, F. Gabaude, M.-G. Grossel, & P. Levron (Eds.), Ce qui advient... les déclinqisons de l'aventure: Actes du Colloque international des 14, 15 et 16 mars 2018 (Maison de la Culture d'Amiens) (pp. 160-169). Presses du "Centre d'Etudes Médiévales de Picardie".
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2018). Real and Imaginary Towns in Medieval Wales. In M.-F. Alamichel (Ed.), Les villes au Moyen Âge en Europe occidentale : (ou comment demain peut apprendre d’hier) (pp. 355-370). (Collections numériques du LISAA: Mémoire et territoires). LISAA Editeur . https://lisaa.u-pem.fr/fileadmin/Fichiers/LISAA/LISAA_editeur/Memoire_et_territoire/Ville_au_Moyen_Age/16_Petrovskaia.pdf
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2018). Concept of Europe in the Medieval Welsh Geographical Treatise "Delw y Byd". Celtic Forum, 21, 23-34. [Repository]
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2018). Poisson et pêche dans la littérature irlandaise et galloise : le bétail de la mer. Anthropozoologica, 53(1), 139-146. Article 12. [DOI] [Repository]
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2018). 地図を読む: ヨーロッパの世界地図、中世からルネサンスにかけて. 勉誠出版.
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2018). Les Cisterciens transmetteurs de littérature vernaculaire. Le cas gallois. In T. Falmagne, D. Stutzmann, & A.-M. Turkan-Verkerk (Eds.), Les cisterciens et la transmission des textes (XIIe-XVIIIe siècles) (pp. 355-377). (Bibliothèque d'histoire culturelle du Moyen Âge; Vol. 18). Brepols. [DOI]
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2018). Translatio and Translation : the duality of the concept from the middle ages to the early modern period. 同志社大学英語英文学研究 = Doshisha studies in English, 99, 115-136. [DOI] [Repository]
Other output
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2018, Mar 1). Celtic Studies in the Netherlands. Japan Society for Celtic Studies. [Repository]
2017
Scholarly publications
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2017). Charlemagne, the Idol of Cadiz and Twelfth-Century Political Prophecy. Poetica: An International Journal of Linguistic-Literary Studies, 88.
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2017). The Fool and the Wise Man: The Legacy of the Two Merlins in Modern Culture. In D. Nelson-Campbell, & R. Cholakian (Eds.), The Legacy of Courtly Literature: From Medieval to Contemporary Culture (pp. 173-203). Article 10 (Arthurian and Courtly Cultures). Palgrave Macmillan. [DOI] [Repository]
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2017). A Very Pleasurable Pilgrimage. Celtic Forum, 20, 27-34.
2016
Scholarly publications
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2016). L'image du monde animalier. In D. Buschinger, F. Gabaude, M.-G. Grossel, J. Kühnel, & M. Olivier (Eds.), Mondes animaliers au Moyen Age et à la Renaissance - Tierische Welten im Mittelalter und in der Renaissance: Actes du Colloque international des 8, 9, 10 et 11 mars 2016 à la Maison de la Culture d'Amiens (pp. 313-326). (Medievales; Vol. 62). Presses du "Centre d'Etudes Médiévales de Picardie".
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2016). Cross-legged Gods and One-legged Foresters. In F. E. Consolino, F. Marzella, & L. Spetia (Eds.), Aspetti del meraviglioso nelle letterature medievali. Aspects du merveilleux dans les littératures médiévales : Medioevo latino, romanzo, germanico e celtico (pp. 357-369). (Culture et société médiévales; Vol. 29). Brepols. [DOI] [Repository]
Popularising publications
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2016). De driedelige wereld: Latijnse wetenschap in middeleeuwse Welshe poëzie. Kelten, 70, 9-12.
2015
Scholarly publications
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2015). Les héros épiques au Pays de Galles: transformations de Charlemagne. In D. Buschinger, F. Gabaude, M.-G. Grossel, J. Kühnel, & M. Olivier (Eds.), L'épopee: Le héros entre histoire et mythe de l'Antiquité à la Renaissance en Occident: Actes du Colloque international des 11, 12 et 13 mars 2015 à la Maison de la Culture d'Amiens (Vol. Medievales 59, pp. 289-303). Presses du "Centre d'Etudes Médiévales de Picardie".
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2015). L’innocenza di Guglielmo Libri. Il viaggio raro di Ashburnham 1051. Dialogoi. rivista di studi comparatistici, II, 77-92.
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2015). Rationalising Alterity: Medieval Welsh Crusading Discourse. Poetica: An International Journal of Linguistic-Literary Studies, 83, 37-58.
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2015). Le personnage de Gauvain dans la littérature médiévale galloise. In M.-F. Alamichel (Ed.), Le Personnage de Gauvain dans la littérature européenne du Moyen Âge: Actes du colloque international des 6, 7, et 8 mars 2014 à l'Université Paris Est (Marne-la-Valée) (pp. 229-237). (Collection Médiévales; Vol. 58). Presses du "Centre d'Etudes Médiévales de Picardie".
2014
Scholarly publications
Petrovskaia, N. (2014). The Travels of a Quire from the Twelfth Century to the Twenty-First: The Case of Rawlinson B 484, fols. 1-6. In S. Horobin, & L. Mooney (Eds.), Middle English Texts in Transition: A Festschrift dedicated to Toshiyuki Takamiya on his 70th birthday (pp. 250-267). (Manuscript Culture in the British Isles). Boydell & Brewer. http://www.boydellandbrewer.com/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=14502
2013
Scholarly publications
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2013). Delw y Byd: la traduction médiévale en gallois d’une encyclopédie latine et la création d’un traité géographique. Études celtiques, 39, 257-277.
2012
Scholarly publications
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2012). La disparition du quasi dans les formules étymologiques des traductions galloises de l’Imago Mundi. In E. Louviot (Ed.), La Formule au Moyen-Âge (pp. 123-41). Brepols. [DOI]
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2012). Oaths, Pagans and Lions: Arguments for a Crusade Sub-Narrative in Historia Peredur fab Efrawc. Poetica: An International Journal of Linguistic-Literary Studies, 77, 1-26.
2009
Scholarly publications
Petrovskaia, N. I. (2009). Dating Peredur: New Light on Old Problems. Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium, 29, 223-243.