Magnus' cook

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.

In the News

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  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.

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney (nonfiction)

External links

• Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney @ Wikipedia
• Orkneyjar - St Magnus of Orkney