Image of Part of the saga od Erik the red, from 'The by American School, (20th century)

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IMAGE number: KWE387042
Image title: Part of the saga od Erik the red, from 'The Flatey Book', published by the Norroena Society in 1908 (colour litho)
Artist: American School, (20th century) / American
Photographer: Ken Welsh
Location: Private Collection
Medium: colour lithograph

Image description: Erik the Red (950-c.1003), remembered as having founded the first Nordic settlement in Greenland; 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;
Photo credit: Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 10th century / nordic / epic / historic document / scandinavian / text / narrative / tale / flatoiensis / codex

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