Jóns saga leikara
Jóns saga leikara is a medieval Icelandic romance saga.
Synopsis[]
Kalinke and Mitchell summarise the saga thus:
Composed in Iceland, presumably in the fourteenth century. The saga relates the strange adventures encountered by Jon, a young knight, in Flæmingialand. He is welcomed by the king and witnesses mysterious events during a great banquet and again the following morning, when a fierce wolf is captured. Jon requests the wolf as a parting gift, and it turns out that the beast is in reality Sigurðr, the king's son, upon whom his stepmother had placed a spell. Jon and Sigurðr become sworn brothers, and Jon marries the king's daughter.[1]
Manuscripts[]
Kalinke and Mitchell identified the following manuscripts of the saga:[1]
| Lbs 840 4to (1737) |
| AM 174 fol (1644) |
| AM 553 e 4to (early 18th c) |
| AM 588 f 4to (ca 1700) |
| IB 260 8vo (ca 1824-27) |
| JS 641 4to (17th-19th c) |
| Lbs 1144 8vo |
| Lbs 1172 4to (18th c) |
| Lbs 678 4to (ca 1852-54) |
| Papp 8vo nr 17 II (ca 1650) |
| Lbs 3128 4to (1884) (resumé) |
| NKS 1144 fol (18th c) (resumé) |
Editions and translations[]
- "Jons saga leikara," ed. by Martin Soderback (Diss. Chicago, 1949)
References[]
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