Konungs skuggsjá

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Title Konungs skuggsjá (Latin: Speculum regale)
‘"The king's mirror"’
Author Anonymous
Manuscripts

The main manuscript is Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, AM 243 fol. B. See the external link below for further copies and fragments in both vellum and paper manuscripts.

Language Old Norse
Date 13th century
Keywords Irish mirabilia

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Notes

Sources

Secondary sources

Open book nae 02.png Larrington, Carolyne, “‘Undruðusk þá, sem fyrir var’: wonder, Vínland and mediaeval travel narratives”, Medieval Scandinavia 14 (2004): 91—114.
Open book nae 02.png Meyer, Kuno, “The Irish mirabilia in the Norse 'Speculum Regale' [Revised version]”, Ériu 4 (1908—1910): 1—16.
Open book nae 02.png Young, Jean, “Two of the Irish mirabilia in the King’s mirror”, Études Celtiques 3 (1938): 21—26.

External links

Edge-firefox.png List of manuscripts of “Speculum regale”, handrit.is, National and University Library of Iceland.
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