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Christian Krohg's depiction from 1899 of
King Olaf presenting a sword to Icelandic skald, Sigvat the Skald (995-1045).

The origins of ceòl mòr, a theory – part 3

• From the August 1980 Piping Times. This is the third of a series of four articles by Mrs. Bridget MacKenzie on the interesting parallel between Scottish ceòl mòr and other art form. The evidence of early exchange of ideas and techniques is scanty and circumstantial, but it does suggest […]