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This detail from the Bayeaux Tapestry may depict the brother or uncle of the Cook of Magnus.

Magnus' cook or the Cook of Magnus was an anonymous cook in the service of Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney

The cook's reflections on his master's life and death have come down to us as a collection of poetic recipes.

Saint Magnus]] at Nidaros Cathedral unexpectedly reveals "at least sixty-four, perhaps a hundred and twenty-eight, possibly as many as two-hundred and fifty-six" previously unknown recipe-poems by the Cook of Magnus.

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	'''Magnus' cook''' or the '''Cook of Magnus''' was an anonymous cook in the service of [[Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney (nonfiction)\|Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney]]		[[File:Bayeux tapestry - detail - cook.png\|thumb\|This detail from the Bayeaux Tapestry may depict the brother or uncle of the Cook of Magnus.]]'''Magnus' cook''' or the '''Cook of Magnus''' was an anonymous cook in the service of [[Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney (nonfiction)\|Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney]]

	The cook's reflections on his master's life and death have come down to us as a collection of poetic recipes.		The cook's reflections on his master's life and death have come down to us as a collection of poetic recipes.