Yggdrasill, the mundane tree

Title:: Yggdrasill, the mundane tree
Description:: In Norse mythology, the tree Yggdrasill connects the nine worlds. This illustration represents the earliest modern interpretation of Norse cosmology, copied after Magnussen's depiction of the worlds in layers.
Originator:: Finnur Magnússon, 1781-1847
Date:: 1859
Format:: Prints
Genre:: Illustrations
Location:: Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):: Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:: Yggdrasil (Norse mythology)--Pictorial works
Extent:: 1 print : color ; 18 x 12 cm
Terms of Use:: No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:: London : Henry G. Bohn
Language:: English
Notes:: Frontispiece in "Northern Antiquities" / translated from the French of M. Mallet by Bishop Percy; revised ... by I.A. Blackwell. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1859.
Copied after the illustration of Yggdrasil in "Eddalaeren og dens oprindelse" / Finn Magnusen. 1824.
Notes (exhibitions):: Exhibited: "Literary Landscapes: Maps from Fiction" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2015.
Identifier:: 06_01_014276
Call #:: DL31 .M26 1859
Barcode:: 39999065696294