Ísleifs þáttr biskups (The Tale of Bishop Ísleifr) is a short Old Norse-Icelandic narrative which recounts two episodes from the life of Ísleifr Gizurason, the first bishop of Iceland. The first episode recounts Ísleifr's meeting with St Ólafr in Norway. Ísleifr is introduced to Ólafr by Brandr Vermundarson, who gives Ísleifr a cloak previously gifted to him by the king. The second part of the narrative gives an account of Ísleifr's marriage to Dalla Þorvaldsdóttir.[1]

The þáttr is preserved in Flateyjarbók, where it is interpolated in Óláfs saga helga, in AM 753 fol. no. 5, a now fragmentary 15th century vellum manuscript, and AM 554h α 4to., a 17th century paper copy of AM 753 fol. no. 5.[1]

Bibliography

Manuscripts

  • GkS 1005 fol. (Flateyjarbók) - ca. 1400
  • AM 75e fol. no. 5 - 15th century
  • MS AM 554h α 4to. - 17th century

Editions

  • Finsson, Hannes (1773). Kristni-saga, sive Historia Religionis Christianæ in Islandiam ntroductæ, nec non Þattr af Isleifi Biskupi, sive Narratio de Isleifo Episcopo. Hafniae [Copenhagen]. pp. 130-141.
  • Egilsdóttir, Ásdís (2002). "Ísleifs þáttr byskups". Biskupa sögur II. Íslenzk fornrit XVI. Reykjavík: Hið Íslenzka fornritafélag. ISBN 9979-893-16-8.

Translations

  • Leith, Mary Charlotte Julia (1894). The Stories of Thorwald the Far-farer and Bishop Isleif. London: Masters. pp. 27–30.
  • Letih, Mary Charlotte Julia (1895). Stories of the Bishops of Iceland. London: Masters. pp. 27–30. [Reprint of the above]
  • Loth, Agnete (1989). To islandske bispekrøniker. Odense: Odense Universitetsforlag. [Danish translation]

References

  1. 1 2 Benediktsson, John (1993). "Ísleifs þáttr biskups". In Pulsiano, Phillip; Wolf, Kirsten (eds.). Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland. pp. 331–332. ISBN 0824047877.
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