Wonders of the Wade #13: David Downing with C.S. Lewis’s copy of HEIMSKRINGLA

Dr. David C. Downing, former Co-Director of the Wade with his wife Crystal, examines an English translation of Snorri Sturluson’s HEIMSKRINGLA, a 13th century collection of mythic and historical biographies of Norse kings. This ancient source seems to have inspired both C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien in their creative works.
The Marion E. Wade Center presents a series of 3-5 minute video vignettes called “Wonders of the Wade.” In this series we invite Wade Center staff, Wheaton College faculty, and visiting scholars to present a favorite item of theirs at the Wade Center. Each episode features a museum piece, a first edition, an unpublished manuscript, or a book from one of the Wade authors’ personal libraries, often with notes and markings in them. New episodes of “Wonders of the Wade” are published on the first and third Friday of every month.