Origin Legends and Foundation Myths in

• Main Author: Elizabeth Ashman Rowe
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: fláttr (also known as Einars fláttr Sokkasonar; Helga fláttr ok Úlfs; Játvar›ar; Bergen; Flat Island; Húnavatn; Norway; Reykjavík; Rowe; Iceland
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.462.3583; http://rp-www.arts.usyd.edu.au/arts/medieval/saga/pdf/441-rowe.pdf

Flateyjarbók (“The book of Flat Island”) is the name given to GKS 1005, fol., a manuscript now preserved at the Árna Stofnun Magnússonar in Reykjavík, Iceland. Flateyjarbók is the largest of the extant medieval Icelandic manuscripts and is beautifully illuminated with historiated initials. It contai...