''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
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
. 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.
The þáttr is preserved in ''
Flateyjarbók
''Flateyjarbók'' (; "Book of Flatey, Breiðafjörður, Flatey") is an important medieval Iceland, Icelandic manuscript. It is also known as GkS 1005 fol. and by the Latin name ''Codex Flateyensis''. It was commissioned by Jón Hákonarson and p ...
'', 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.
Bibliography
Manuscripts
* GkS 1005 fol. (
Flateyjarbók
''Flateyjarbók'' (; "Book of Flatey, Breiðafjörður, Flatey") is an important medieval Iceland, Icelandic manuscript. It is also known as GkS 1005 fol. and by the Latin name ''Codex Flateyensis''. It was commissioned by Jón Hákonarson and p ...
) - ca. 1400
* AM 75e fol. no. 5 - 15th century
* MS AM 554h α 4to. - 17th century
Editions
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Translations
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* [Reprint of the above]
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Danish language, Danish translation]
References
{{Bishops' sagas
Bishops' sagas