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Part of an Icelandic original manuscript known as The Flatey Book, published by the Norroena...

Part of an Icelandic original manuscript known as The Flatey Book, published by the Norroena Society in 1908 (
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Part of an Icelandic original manuscript known as The Flatey Book, published by the Norroena Society in 1908 (colour litho)
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American School, (20th century) / American
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Ken Welsh
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Private Collection
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colour lithograph
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extract demonstrates that coastal areas of North America were discovered in the latter part of the 10th century by Norsemen; the Flatey Book, or Flateyarbok, is the largest medieval Icelandic manuscript containing mainly sagas of the Norse kings originally dating from the 14th century; the Norroena Society was a publication company, founded by Rasmus B. Anderson, which published works dealing with Norse mythology and sagas;

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10th century / nordic / epic / scandinavian / text / tale / flatoiensis / codex

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