Opuscula XVII contains the first edition of all four versions of the Old Icelandic Slysa-Hróa saga, a tale of Oriental origin telling the story of Slysa-Hrói who has to battle with dangerous villains in foreign lands. This small saga is known from thirty manuscripts, and its oldest version (F) is worked into Ãláfs saga helga in the Flateyjarbók.

Also in this issue of Opuscula is the first edition of a letter, known only in Danish translation, written by theologist and Fjölnismaður Tómas Sæmundsson about his journey to the eastern Mediterranean on board the...