ARI FROÐI ÞORGILSSON (Ari, the Wise, Son of Þorgils). - Priest and first Icelandic historian, b. in 1067, d. in 1148. He wrote the history of Iceland from 874 up to 1120 in the Islandingābok or Historical Book of Iceland, of which only the most recent recension survives, composed no earlier than 1134. The "editio princeps" was printed at Skálholt in 1688, and the complete Latin one at Copenhagen in 1733.
Bibliography3 worksA. Potthast, Bibliotheca historica Medii Aevi I, 2nd ed., Berlin 1896, pp. 116-17; L. Gougaud, s. v. in DHG, IV, coll. 96-97; P. E. Pavolini
BIBL.: A. Potthast, Bibliotheca historica Medii Aevi I, 2nd ed., Berlin 1896, pp. 116-17; L. Gougaud, s. v. in DHG, IV, coll. 96-97; P. E. Pavolini-I. Stefansson, s. v. in Enc. Ital., XIX, p. 630.
van, Hulst Cesario. “Ari Frodhi Thorgilsson (Ario, il savio, figlio di thorgils).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, coll. 1898–1899. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/ari-frodhi-thorgilsson-ario-il-savio-figlio-di-thorgils.
MLA
van, Hulst Cesario. “Ari Frodhi Thorgilsson (Ario, il savio, figlio di thorgils).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, coll. 1898–1899. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ari-frodhi-thorgilsson-ario-il-savio-figlio-di-thorgils.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec1_ari_frodhi_thorgilsson_ario_il,
author = {van, Hulst Cesario},
title = {Ari Frodhi Thorgilsson (Ario, il savio, figlio di thorgils)},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {I},
pages = {1898--1899},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1948},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ari-frodhi-thorgilsson-ario-il-savio-figlio-di-thorgils}
}
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