Birgit Knorr wrote:

>I am making a wall hanging in needlepoint of the Yggdrasil Illustration from
>the Icelandic manuscript AM 738, 4to., bl. 44r, from 1680.

fantastic! I've been playing with the illustration of Jörmungandr on the
same folio for a tattoo I want.

>I had bought a
>post card of this illustration at the Arne Magnusson Institute last

year. It

>is in color, and the tree looks like a kind of palm tree. I have not found
>this picture on the internet so far.

I have a book at home with a good 5" pic of it, which is on my
(ever-increasing) list of imags to scan - I should be able to get to it
this weekend and put it in my images directory, if you were looking for a
high-resolution copy to examine, or just put a grid over to turn into a
pattern - how big were you looking for? ;->

-Selv

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