Brattahlíð

This conjecture that the book belonged to the church of Skaholt has however been disputed and the place of its compilation at the same time assigned to the north of Iceland.

the saga of eric the red and both texts are included under this title presents a clear and graphic account of the discovery and exploration of wineland the good in this narrative the discovery is ascribed to leif the son of eric the red who hit upon the land by chance during a voyage from norway to greenland this voyage as has already been stated probably took place in the year one thousand after his return to greenland leif's account of the land which he had discovered seems to have persuaded his brother thorstein and possibly his father to undertake an expedition to the strange country this voyage which was not destined to meet with a successful issue may well have fallen in the year following leif's return and therefore it may be conjectured in the year one thousand one about this time there had arrived in greenland an icelander of considerable prominence an old friend of eric's named thorbiorn vifilsen who had brought with him his daughter gudrid or as she is also called he must have arrived before thorstein ericsson's voyage for we are told that it was in thorbiorn's ship that this voyage was undertaken it seems probable that thorbiorn arrived at brattahild eric's home during leif's absence from greenland and if this be true it follows that thorbiorn and gudrid must have been converted to christianity before its acceptance in iceland as the legalized religion of the land for very soon after their arrival in greenland gudrid alludes to the fact of her being a christian and from the language of the saga there can be no question that her father had likewise embraced the new faith the presence of these companions in the faith may have materially aided leif in the work of proselytism in which he engaged upon his return to greenland We are told that Thorbjorn did not arrive at Bratahild until the second year after his departure from Iceland.

Wherefore, if the assumption that he arrived during Leif's absence be sound, it becomes apparent that he must have left Iceland in the summer of the year 998 or 999.

Erik's son Thorstein wooed and married Gudrid, and the wedding was celebrated at Bratahild in the autumn.

it is recorded in the saga that gudrid was regarded as a most desirable match thorstein may have promptly recognized her worth and his marriage may have occurred in the autumn of the same year in which he returned from his unlucky voyage it could not well have been celebrated in the previous year for thorstein's allusions on his deathbed to the religion of greenland indicate that christianity must have been for a longer time the accepted faith of the land than it could have been at the close of the year one thousand in the winter after his marriage thorstein died and in the spring gudrid returned to bratehild thorfinn karlsefni arrived at bratehild about this time possibly the next autumn after thorstein's death and in his company came snorri Carlsefni was married to Gudrid shortly after the Yuletide following his arrival.

If he arrived in Greenland in the autumn of the year 1002, this wedding may accordingly have taken place about the beginning of the year 1003.

The presence of these companions in the faith may have materially aided Leif in the work of proselytism in which he engaged upon his return to Greenland.

We are told that Torbjorn did not arrive at Brattahlid until the second year after his departure from Iceland.

Wherefore, if the assumption that he arrived during Leif's absence be sound, it becomes apparent that he must have left Iceland in the summer of the year 998 or 999.

Eric's son Torstein wooed and married Gudrid, and the wedding was celebrated at Brattahlid in the autumn.

It is recorded in the saga that Gudrid was regarded as a most desirable match.

Torstein may have promptly recognized her worth, and his marriage may have occurred in the autumn of the same year in which he returned from his unlucky voyage.

It could not well have been celebrated in the previous year, for Torstein's allusions on his deathbed to the religion of Greenland indicate that Christianity must have been for a longer time the accepted faith of the land than it could have been at the close of the year 1000.

In the winter after his marriage Torstein died, and in the spring Gudrid returned to Brattahlid.

He must have arrived before Torstein Eriksson's voyage, for we are told that it was in Torbjorn's ship that this voyage was undertaken.

it seems probable that thorbiorn arrived at brattahild eric's home during leif's absence from greenland and if this be true it follows that thorbiorn and gudrid must have been converted to christianity before its acceptance in iceland as the legalized religion of the land for very soon after their arrival in greenland gudrid alludes to the fact of her being a christian and from the language of the saga there can be no question that her father had likewise embraced the new faith the presence of these companions in the faith may have materially aided leif in the work of proselytism in which he engaged upon his return to greenland We are told that Thorbjorn did not arrive at Bratahild until the second year after his departure from Iceland.

Wherefore, if the assumption that he arrived during Leif's absence be sound, it becomes apparent that he must have left Iceland in the summer of the year 998 or 999.

Erik's son Thorstein wooed and married Gudrid, and the wedding was celebrated at Bratahild in the autumn.

it is recorded in the saga that gudrid was regarded as a most desirable match thorstein may have promptly recognized her worth and his marriage may have occurred in the autumn of the same year in which he returned from his unlucky voyage it could not well have been celebrated in the previous year for thorstein's allusions on his deathbed to the religion of greenland indicate that christianity must have been for a longer time the accepted faith of the land than it could have been at the close of the year one thousand in the winter after his marriage thorstein died and in the spring gudrid returned to bratehild thorfinn karlsefni arrived at bratehild about this time possibly the next autumn after thorstein's death and in his company came snorri Carlsefni was married to Gudrid shortly after the Yuletide following his arrival.

If he arrived in Greenland in the autumn of the year 1002, this wedding may accordingly have taken place about the beginning of the year 1003.

Leif went to Greenland that summer and took on board his vessel a ship's crew of men, who were at the time in great peril upon a rock.

He arrived in Greenland late in the summer and went home to his father Eric at Brattahlid.

The people afterwards called him Leif the Lucky, but his father Eric said that Leif's having rescued the crew and restored the men to life might be balanced against the fact that he had brought the imposter to Greenland, so he called the priest.

Nevertheless, through Leif's advice and persuasion, Eric was baptized and all of the people of Greenland.

Bjarni was appointed one of the Earl's men, and went out to Greenland the following summer.

There was now much talk about voyages of discovery.

Leif, the son of Eric the Red of Brattahlid, visited Bjarni Herjulfsson, and bought a ship of him, and collected a crew, until they formed altogether a company of thirty-five men.

Leif invited his father Eric to become the leader of the expedition.

Leif went to Greenland that summer and took on board his vessel a ship's crew of men, who were at the time in great peril upon a rock.

He arrived in Greenland late in the summer and went home to his father Eric at Brattahild.

The people afterwards called him Leif the Lucky, but his father Eric said that Leif's having rescued the crew and restored the men to life might be balanced against the fact that he had brought the imposter to Greenland, so he called the priest.

Nevertheless, through Leif's advice and persuasion, Eric was baptized and all of the people of Greenland.

He called the country which he had discovered Greenland because he said people would be attracted thither if the country had a good name.

Eric spent the winter in Iceland and the following summer set out to colonize the country.

He settled at Brattahild in Eiriksfirth and learned men say that in this same summer in which Eric set out to settle Greenland, thirty-five ships sailed out of Breidafirth and Gorgarfirth.

Fourteen of these arrived safely, some were driven back and some were lost.

It has been claimed that a portion of Houck's book preceding the Saga of Torfin was written prior to Houck's acquirement of his title, a view founded upon the fact that his name is there cited without the addition of his title, and this view is supported by the corresponding usage of the annals.

if this be true then upon the above hypothesis a period of more than twenty-five years must have elapsed between the inception of the work and the completion of the thorfinn saga doubtless a considerable time was consumed in the compilation and transcription of the contents of this manuscript but it seems scarcely probable that so long a time should have intervened between the preparation of the different portions of the work wherefore if the reference to the abbess halbera be accepted literally the conjecture that the earlier portion of the codex was written prior to twelve ninety nine would appear to be doubtful and it may be necessary either to advance the date of this portion of the manuscript or place the date of the saga of thorfinn anterior to that suggested however this may be two facts seem to be clearly established first that this saga was not written before twelve ninety nine and second that this eldest surviving detailed narrative of the discovery of wineland was written not later than the year thirteen thirty four in the vellum codex known as number five fifty seven of the arnimognean collection is an account of the wineland discovery so strikingly similar to that of hauck's book that there can be no doubt that both histories were derived from the same source the history of the discovery contained in the above codex is called the saga of eric the red this may well have been the primitive title of the saga of hauck's book which as has been noted obtains its modern name thorfinn's saga kalfessnis from the entry made by argini magnusson early in the eighteenth century that both sagas were copied from the same vellum is by no means certain if both transcripts be judged strictly by their contents it becomes at once apparent that this could not have been the fact and such a conjecture is only tenable upon the theory that the scribes of hauck's book edited the saga which they copied this while it is very doubtful in the case of the body of the text of the hauck's book saga of thorfinn may not even be conjectured of the saga of eric the red the latter saga was undoubtedly a literal copy from the original for there are certain minor confusions of the text which indicate unmistakably either the heedlessness of the copyist or that the scribe was working from a somewhat illegible original whose defects he was not at pains to supply if both sagas were copied from different early vellums the simpler language of the saga of eric the red would seem to indicate that it was a transcript of a somewhat earlier form of the saga than that from which the saga of hauck's book was derived this however is entirely conjectural for the codex containing the saga of eric the red was not written for many years after hauck's book and probably not until the following century so much the orthography and hand of five fifty seven indicate and from the application of this test the codex has been determined to date from the fifteenth century and has been ascribed by very eminent authority to circa fourteen hundred the saga of eric the red begins with the thirteenth line of page twenty seven of the codex the title appears at the top of this page and concludes in the fifth line on the back of page thirty five the hand being the same throughout spaces were left for initial letters but these were not inserted except in one case by a different and indifferent penman with the exception of a very few words or portions of words upon page thirty and page thirty one the manuscript of the saga is clearly legible throughout certain slight defects in the vellum have existed from the beginning and there is therefore no material hiatus in the entire text for the sense of the few indistinct words is either clearly apparent from the context or may be supplied from the sister text of hauck's book in his catalogue of parchment manuscripts arni magnusson states that he obtained this manuscript from bishop john vidalin and adds the conjecture that it had either belonged to the skaholt church or came thither from among bishop brinjolf's books this conjecture that the book belonged to the church of skaholt has however been disputed and the place of its compilation at the same time assigned to the north of iceland the saga of eric the red and both texts are included under this title presents a clear and graphic account of the discovery and exploration of wineland the good in this narrative the discovery is ascribed to leif the son of eric the red who hit upon the land by chance during a voyage from norway to greenland this voyage as has already been stated probably took place in the year one thousand after his return to greenland leif's account of the land which he had discovered seems to have persuaded his brother thorstein and possibly his father to undertake an expedition to the strange country this voyage which was not destined to meet with a successful issue may well have fallen in the year following leif's return and therefore it may be conjectured in the year one thousand one about this time there had arrived in greenland an icelander of considerable prominence an old friend of eric's named thorbiorn vifilsen who had brought with him his daughter gudrid or as she is also called he must have arrived before thorstein ericsson's voyage for we are told that it was in thorbiorn's ship that this voyage was undertaken it seems probable that thorbiorn arrived at brattahild eric's home during leif's absence from greenland and if this be true it follows that thorbiorn and gudrid must have been converted to christianity before its acceptance in iceland as the legalized religion of the land for very soon after their arrival in greenland gudrid alludes to the fact of her being a christian and from the language of the saga there can be no question that her father had likewise embraced the new faith the presence of these companions in the faith may have materially aided leif in the work of proselytism in which he engaged upon his return to greenland We are told that Thorbjorn did not arrive at Bratahild until the second year after his departure from Iceland.

Wherefore, if the assumption that he arrived during Leif's absence be sound, it becomes apparent that he must have left Iceland in the summer of the year 998 or 999.

Erik's son Thorstein wooed and married Gudrid, and the wedding was celebrated at Bratahild in the autumn.

it is recorded in the saga that gudrid was regarded as a most desirable match thorstein may have promptly recognized her worth and his marriage may have occurred in the autumn of the same year in which he returned from his unlucky voyage it could not well have been celebrated in the previous year for thorstein's allusions on his deathbed to the religion of greenland indicate that christianity must have been for a longer time the accepted faith of the land than it could have been at the close of the year one thousand in the winter after his marriage thorstein died and in the spring gudrid returned to bratehild thorfinn karlsefni arrived at bratehild about this time possibly the next autumn after thorstein's death and in his company came snorri Carlsefni was married to Gudrid shortly after the Yuletide following his arrival.

If he arrived in Greenland in the autumn of the year 1002, this wedding may accordingly have taken place about the beginning of the year 1003.

He must have arrived before Torstein Eriksson's voyage, for we are told that it was in Torbjorn's ship that this voyage was undertaken.

it seems probable that thorbiorn arrived at brattahild eric's home during leif's absence from greenland and if this be true it follows that thorbiorn and gudrid must have been converted to christianity before its acceptance in iceland as the legalized religion of the land for very soon after their arrival in greenland gudrid alludes to the fact of her being a christian and from the language of the saga there can be no question that her father had likewise embraced the new faith the presence of these companions in the faith may have materially aided leif in the work of proselytism in which he engaged upon his return to greenland We are told that Thorbjorn did not arrive at Bratahild until the second year after his departure from Iceland.

Wherefore, if the assumption that he arrived during Leif's absence be sound, it becomes apparent that he must have left Iceland in the summer of the year 998 or 999.

Erik's son Thorstein wooed and married Gudrid, and the wedding was celebrated at Bratahild in the autumn.

it is recorded in the saga that gudrid was regarded as a most desirable match thorstein may have promptly recognized her worth and his marriage may have occurred in the autumn of the same year in which he returned from his unlucky voyage it could not well have been celebrated in the previous year for thorstein's allusions on his deathbed to the religion of greenland indicate that christianity must have been for a longer time the accepted faith of the land than it could have been at the close of the year one thousand in the winter after his marriage thorstein died and in the spring gudrid returned to bratehild thorfinn karlsefni arrived at bratehild about this time possibly the next autumn after thorstein's death and in his company came snorri Carlsefni was married to Gudrid shortly after the Yuletide following his arrival.

If he arrived in Greenland in the autumn of the year 1002, this wedding may accordingly have taken place about the beginning of the year 1003.