Skálholtsbók

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Reykjavík, AM 557 4to, known as Skálholtsbók (Icelandic pronunciation: ​[ˈskaulˌhɔl̥(t)sˌpouːk], the Book of Skálholt), is an Icelandic saga-manuscript. It is now fragmentary: three gatherings of eight leaves and twenty individual leaves have been lost, leaving only 48 leaves. Nevertheless, it contains, in whole or in part, , Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu, Hallfreðar saga vandræðaskálds, , Eiríks saga rauða (complete), (complete), Dámusta saga, , Eiríks saga víðförla, (complete), (complete) and . It seems likely to have been written by (d. c. 1458), the son of , in the north of Iceland, around 1420.[1]

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  1. ^ This entry is based on information from the exhibition catalogue The Rhythmic Office of St Þorlákur and Other Medieval Manuscripts from the See of Skálholt Archived 2009-11-21 at the National and University Library of Iceland published in 1998 by The Árni Magnússon Institute in Iceland.

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