Hauksbók

Significant portions of it are lost, but it contains the earliest copies of many of the texts it contains, including the Saga of Eric the Red.

Among these are the section on mathematics called Algorismus,[1] the text of Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks.

[2] Palaeographical evidence allowed Professor Stefán Karlsson, director of the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, to date the manuscript to between 1302 and 1310.

Hauksbók is a compilation that includes Icelandic sagas and a redaction of Landnámabók.

[4] In addition, Haukr Erlendsson wrote "Hauk's Annals," which chronicled events of his lifetime and a handbook on Norse law.