‘The Story of Egil Son of Scaldgrim’
Reference code
MOR/01/03
Title
‘The Story of Egil Son of Scaldgrim’
Date
1873-1874
Level of description
item
Extent and format
Paper; pp. 160 (158-60 blank).
Quarto.
Olive green spine, with vellum boards (The Doves Bindery, nd).
Quarto.
Olive green spine, with vellum boards (The Doves Bindery, nd).
Scope and content
Unfinished calligraphic manuscript of ‘The Story of Egil Son of Scaldgrim’, with flourished penwork initial.
Morris's translation from the Icelandic Egil's Saga was first published by May Morris, William Morris, Artist, Writer, Socialist, 1 (1936), 565-636. A slightly different version of the first thirteen chapters is in BL Add. MS 45317. KML no. 49. MoW 1542; see also MoW 902, 1260.
Morris's translation from the Icelandic Egil's Saga was first published by May Morris, William Morris, Artist, Writer, Socialist, 1 (1936), 565-636. A slightly different version of the first thirteen chapters is in BL Add. MS 45317. KML no. 49. MoW 1542; see also MoW 902, 1260.
Creator
Morris, William (1834-1896), poet, artist and socialist
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/907