Flóres saga konungs (svarta) ok sona hans is a medieval Icelandic romance saga. It was composed in Iceland, probably composed during the late fourteenth century.[1]
Synopsis
Marianne E. Kalinke and P. M. Mitchell summarise the saga thus:
The saga tells of the three sons of King Flóres of Traktía and Princess Elína of Kartagía. Flóres had abducted the princess who later bore him three children. During Flóres' absence Elína and her children are fetched by her father, but their ship disappears. They are assumed dead, and Flóres remarries. When Flóres rejects Duke Sintram as suitor for a daughter born of his second marriage, the duke declares war against Flóres. In his army are the sons of King Flóres. They are captured by their father and during the night before their planned execution they tell each other their life stories. The king overhears them, and realises they are his sons. A reconciliation ensues.[2]
Manuscripts
Kalinke and Mitchell identified the following manuscripts:[3]
'Flóres saga konungs ok sona hans', in Fornaldarsagas and Late Medieval Romances: AM 586 and AM 589, a-f, 4°, Early Icelandic Manuscripts in Facsimile, 11 (Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bragger, 1977)
AM 586, 4°, facs 7-12.
Gestsson, Gísli, 'Riddarasaga úr Trékyllisvík', in Sjōtíu ritgerðir helgaðar Jakobi Benediktssyni 20, júli 1977, Rit (Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi), 12 (Reykjavík: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar, 1977), pp. 208-20.
Lagerholm, Åke (ed.), 'Flóres saga konungs ok sona hans', in Drei Logisǫgur: Egils saga einhenda ok Åsmundar Berserkjabana, Ála flekks saga, Flóres saga knonungs ok sona hans, Saga-Bibliothek, 17 (Halle: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1927), pp. lxxii-lxxxi; 121-77.
AM 343a, 4°, and AM 586, 4°.
Sveinsson, Einar Ól., 'Landvættasagan', in Minjar og menntir: Afmælisrit helgað Kristjáni Eldjárn 6, desember 1976 (Reykjavík: Bókaútgáfa Menningarsjóðs, 1976), pp. 117-29.
Vilhjálmsson, Bjarni (ed.), 'Flóres saga konungs og sona hans', in Riddarasögur, 6 vols (Reykjavík: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan, 1949–1951), V, pp. 63-121.