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SUMMARY
Margrétar saga II
Keywords: Saint Margaret, hagiography, medieval, Iceland, edition.
Saint Margaret of Antioch enjoyed immense popularity in the late Middle Ages,
and judging by the number of manuscripts in which it is preserved, the legend of
Saint Margaret seems to have been among the most popular saints’ lives in Iceland.
The legend is extant in far more late medieval and post-Reformation manuscripts
than any other legend, and often in very small exemplars and contexts associated
with childbirth. Three different versions of the legend of Saint Margaret, derived
from at least two translations, have been preserved. Of these, only one version,
commonly referred to as Margrétar saga I, has been edited.
This article is concerned with Margrétar saga II. The legend version is extant
in AM 428a 12mo and AM 429 12mo; in addition a small portion of Margrétar
saga II is found in AM 433c 12mo, which otherwise follows Margrétar saga I. The