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King Ingjald Making Peace

King Ingjald Making Peace

  • Creator: Erik Werenskiold 1855-1938
  • Description: King Ingjaldr hinn illráði making peace with King Granmarr and King Hjörvarðr. This illustration is from Chapter 38 in Ynglingesoga, the first saga in Kongesagaer, in Gustav Storm 's Norwegian translation of Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla. This illlustration is not in the first edition.
  • Source: Kongesagaer
  • Folio or Page: 38
  • Medium: pen and ink drawing printed by means of zincography
  • Date: 1900
  • Dimensions (mm): 66 x 60
  • Provenance:
    This copy of Kongesagaer does not bear any indication as to its previous owners.
    P.A. Baer purchased this copy of Kongesagaer from AbeBooks.com in 2007.
  • Rights:
    Illustrations from the 1900 edition of Kongesagaer are in the Public Domain.
  • Bibliography:

    Editions

    • Sturluson, Snorri . Lee M. Hollander . Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1964. Print.
    • ―. Samuel Laing . The Heimskringla: Or, Chronicle of the Kings of Norway. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844. Print.
    • ― Gustav Storm . Kongesagaer. Kristiania: J. M. Stenersen, 1900. Print.

    Secondary Sources

    • Cleasby, Richard and Vigfússon Guðbrandur. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957. Print.
  • Identity Number: SKng-1900-ABE-038-01
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Snorri Sturluson   Kongesagaer (1900 ed.)   Heimskringla, History of the Kings of Norway   Ynglinga saga, Saga of the Ynglings   Werenskiold, Erik   Ingjaldr hinn illráði , Ingjald Ill-ruler   Granmarr   Hjörvarðr, Hjorvard  

Editions

  • Sturluson, Snorri . Lee M. Hollander . Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1964. Print.
  • ―. Samuel Laing . The Heimskringla: Or, Chronicle of the Kings of Norway. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844. Print.
  • ― Gustav Storm . Kongesagaer. Kristiania: J. M. Stenersen, 1900. Print.

Secondary Sources

  • Cleasby, Richard and Vigfússon Guðbrandur. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957. Print.
Werenskiold, Erik (no.)
b. 1855
d. 1938
Nationality: Norwegian
Werenskiold was a painter and illustrator who was in charge of the illustrations and the team of artists for Gustav Storm's editions of Kongesagaer in 1899 and 1900.
Ingjaldr hinn illráði (non.)
Ingjald Ill-ruler (en.)
The king in Ynglinga Saga, the first saga in Heimskringla, who was reknowned for his cruelty and treacherousness, which were thought to be part of his nature after he ate a wolf's heart given to him by Svipdagr blinds to cure his timidness as a youth.
Granmarr (non.)
A king in Ynglinga Saga, the first saga in Heimskringla.
Hjörvarðr (non.)
Hjorvardr (en.)
Hjorvard (en.)
A king in Ynglinga Saga, the first saga in Heimskringla.
Snorri Sturluson (is.)
b. 1179
d. 1241
Nationality: Icelandic
Snorri was an Icelandic statesman, scholar, and author who is credited with writing Heimskringla, The Prose Edda, and possibly Egil's Saga.
Kongesagaer (1900 ed.) The second edition of Gustaf Storm's Norwegian translation of Heimskringla.
Heimskringla History of the Kings of Norway This account of the history of the kings of Norway and is generally believed to have been written by Snorri Sturluson in Iceland in 1230. It begins with the legendary Swedish dynasty of the Ynglings, who were the subject matter of the skaldic poem Ynglingtal, and ends with the reign of the Norwegian king, Magnus Erlingson (died 1184).
Ynglinga saga Ynglingesoga Saga of the Ynglings The first saga in Heimskringla, which is based the nineth-century skaldic poem, Ynglingatal, concerning the legendary Swedish dynasty of the Ynglings.