Hauksbók

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The Hauksbók (Book of Haukr) is one of the few mediaeval Norse manuscripts of which we know the author. His name was Haukr Erlendsson (?-1334), and as long back as it is possible to trace the manuscript it has been called the Hauksbók after its author. It was partly written by himself, partly by assistants. The book contains versions, sometimes the only extant versions, of many Old Icelandic texts, such as the Landnámabók, the Fóstbrœðra saga, the Eiríks saga rauða, the Hervarar saga and the Völuspá.

The book contains a section on mathematics of ca 6-7 A4 pages, called Algorismus. This is the oldest text on mathematics in a Scandinavian language.

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