Complete the sentence about Þorláks saga helga with the correct year: The earliest fragment of the saga is in Latin, surviving most importantly in AM 386 4to, whose first half seems, to judge by the script, to be from around ______.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. 1200
The earliest fragment of the saga is in Latin, surviving most importantly in AM 386 4to, dated about 1200.
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