Skálholtannáll

Skálholtannáll (from Old Norse: Skálholt Annals) is a medieval Icelandic manuscript preserved as manuscript AM 420 at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies. It takes its name from Skálholt where a copy of the annals was found along with two copies of Lögmannsannáll. The annals cover a historical period from the first entry in the year 140 through the last in 1356, although it is presumed that the original contains entries beginning with the birth of Christ, but today that is still only a conjecture. The copy of Skálholtannáll was dated to 1362, but its content shows that, although it is written by a single author, it may be that two participants interacted in the original; the entries between 1349 and 1356 are briefer, demonstrating a different style compared to the rest of the entries.