Haraldsdóttir K (2019)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2019
Book Volume: 30
Pages Range: 47-75
Eiriks saga vidforla tells the story of the Norwegian king's son Eirikr, who sets out into the world to seek Paradise. The saga is preserved in four different versions, A, B, C and D, in some 60 manuscripts. Of these, the A and B versions are from the Middle Ages; the C version, which is preserved only in 17th-century manuscripts, dates also from that era, while the D version is a hybrid, probably from the 17th century. From the Middle Ages there are only five Eiriks saga version A and B manuscripts which have been preserved: Version A: 1. GKS 1005 fol., Flateyjarbok, from 1387 (the entire saga); 2. AM 720 a VIII 4to, from the first half of the 15th century (just over one-third of the saga); 3. AM 557 4to, Skilholtsbok, from around 1420 (almost half the saga). Version B: 4. AM 657 c 4to, from 1340-1390 (the entire saga); 5. GKS 2845 4to from around 1420-1450 (just over half the saga).
APA:
Haraldsdóttir, K. (2019). Eiriks saga vidforla in Medieval Manuscripts. Gripla, 30, 47-75.
MLA:
Haraldsdóttir, Kolbrún. "Eiriks saga vidforla in Medieval Manuscripts." Gripla 30 (2019): 47-75.
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