Morkinskinna
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Morkinskinna is an old Norse kings' saga, relating the history of Norwegian kings from approximately 1025 to 1157. The saga was written in Iceland around 1220, and has been preserved in a manuscript from around 1275.
The name Morkinskinna means mouldy parchment, and is originally the name of the manuscript book in which the saga has been preserved. The book itself is currently in the Royal Library in Copenhagen.[1] It was brought to Denmark from Iceland by Þormóður Torfason (Tormod Torfæus) in 1662.
The saga starts in 1025 or 1026. The preserved saga ends suddenly in 1157, it originally obviously continued longer, possibly until 1177, when the narrative of Fagrskinna and Heimskringla, which use Morkinskinna as one of their sources, end.
The saga was published in English in 2000 in a translation by Theodore M. Andersson and Kari Ellen Gade.
[edit] References
- Kari Ellen Gade & Theodore Murdock Andersson (eds.); (2000) Morkinskinna : The Earliest Icelandic Chronicle of the Norwegian Kings (1030-1157). Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-3694-X
[edit] External links
- Finnur Jónsson. (Ed.) (1932). Morkinskinna. Copenhagen: Samfund til udgivelse af gammel nordisk litteratur. Available in pdf format at septentrionalia.net.
