Ari Froði Þorgilsson (Ari, the Wise, Son of Þorgils) (ARI FRODHI THORGILSSON (ARIO, IL SAVIO, FIGLIO DI THORGILS))

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

ARI FRODHI THORGILSSON (ARIO, IL SAVIO, son of THORGILS). — Priest and the first Icelandic historian, b. in 1067, d. in 1148. He wrote the history of Iceland from 874 to 1120 in the Islandingābok, or

Historical Book of Iceland, of which only the most recent recension has been preserved, composed no earlier than 1134. The «editio princeps» was printed at Skallholte in 1688, and the complete Latin edition at Copenhagen in 1733.

BIBL.: A. Pottbass, Bibliotheca historica Medii Arvi I, 2ª ed., Berlino 1896, pp. 116-17; L. Gougaud, s. V. in DHG, IV, coll. 96-97; P. E. Pavolini-I. Stefansson, s. V. ENOCH. Ital., XIX, p. 630. Cesario van Hulst