Description: Snorri mentions Yngvi
as being one of Oðinn's son in his introduction to the Prose Edda. According to Snorri, Yngvi was
a King of Sweden and the progenitor of the legendary Yngling
dynasty.
Source: AM 738 4to
Folio or Page: 33v
Medium: ink drawing on paper with coloured ink wash
Date: 1680
Dimensions (mm): 70 x 70
Provenance:
Árni Magnússon received the manuscript from Magnús Jónsson in Leirá,
and he received it from Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir in Bæ. It was
previously owned by Sigurður Gíslason in Bæ. Stofnun Árna
Magnússonar á Íslandi received the manuscript on September 30,
1991.
Rights:
Images from ÁM 738 4to are displayed
with permission from the Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í
íslenskum fræðum in Iceland. Link to
E-manuscript. This image was cropped from f. 33v.
Bibliography:
Primary Sources
Reykjavik: Stofnun
Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum. AM 738
4to. 1680. Hand
copied paper manuscript.
Secondary Sources
Cleasby, Richard
and
Vigfússon
Guðbrandur
. An Icelandic-English Dictionary.
Oxford: Clarendon Press,
1957.
Artist Not
Known
Artist not known for this illustration in the AM738 manuscript.
Historical Persons, i.e. from Heimskringla, Saxo, sagas etc.
Yngvi (non.)
A king in Ynglinga Saga, the first saga in
Heimskringla. He was in the
habit of drinking with Queen Bera, who was the wife of his brother, King
Álfr. Late one night, King Álfr attacked and mortally wounded King Yngvi
who managed to draw his sword and kill King Álfr. Snorri mentions Yngvi
as one of Oðinn's son in his introduction to the Prose Edda. According
to Snorri, Yngvi was a King of Sweden and the progenitor of the
legendary Yngling dynasty.
Source Materials:
AM 738 4to (is.)
Edda Oblongata (la.)
This manuscript is known by its shelf mark AM738. However, it is also known as the Edda Oblongata
because its height is unusually tall compared to its width. It was
created circa 1680 by an unknown scribe.
Prose Edda (is.)
Snorri Sturluson's thirteenth-century prose work concerning Old Norse
mythology and poetics.
