Snorri Sturluson, Heimskringla I. The Beginnings to Óláfr Tryggvason.pdf

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Snorri SturluSon
HEiMSKrinGlA
VoluME i
THE BEGINNINGS
to ÓlÁFr
TRYGGVASON
ViKinG SoCiEtY For norTHERN
RESEARCH
uniVErSitY CollEGE lonDoN
SNORRI STURLUSON
HEIMSKRINGLA
VOLUME I
The printing of this book is made possible by a gift to the University of
Cambridge in memory of Dorothea Coke, Skjæret, 1951
Snorri SturluSon
HEiMSKrinGlA
VoluME i
tHE BEGinninGS to ÓlÁFr
trYGGVASon
second edITIon
translated by
AliSon FinlAY
and
AntHonY FAulKES
ViKinG SoCiEtY For nortHErn rESEArCH
uniVErSitY CollEGE lonDon
2016
© VIKING SOCIETY 2011/2016
ISBN: 978-0-903521-94-9
second edition 2016
The cover illustration is of the ‘Isidorean’ mappamundi (11th century), of
unknown origin, diameter 26 cm, in Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Clm
10058, f. 154v. It is printed here by permission of Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
East is at the top, Asia fills the top half, Europe is in the bottom left hand
quadrant, Africa in the bottom right hand quadrant. The earliest realisations
of Isidore’s description of the world have the following schematic form:
E
ASIA
N
TANAIS
NILUS
S
MEDITERRANEUM
EVROPA
AFRICA
W
Printed by Short Run Press Limited, Exeter

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