Humorous marginal drawings are not uncommon in medieval manuscripts. The wooden shoe from Funen found in the margin of AM 23 8vo, however, is more than just for laughs: it is a commentary on the surrounding legal text.

Since the time of Saxo Grammaticus and his monumental Gesta Danorum, Danish royal lineage was traced back to the legendary ruler named Dan. This changed, however, in the middle of the seventeenth century, when Thormodus…

A handwritten letter of indulgence given to the Poor Clares of Roskilde tells the story of Gutenberg's innovation, papal intervention and the Cypriot war against the Ottoman Turks.

AM 79 8vo consists of a heterogeneous collection of medieval manuscript fragments in several languages: Danish, Low German, Dutch, High German and Latin. One of these fragments, AM 79 II α 8vo, contains a Low German…

Two small fragments found in the binding of an Icelandic manuscript tell the story of how a farmer divided the inheritance between his two sons.

In 2020 Denmark will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the reunification with Southern Jutland. The Danish-German character of the region shines through in manuscripts such as AM 6 8vo, which contains the Danish Jyske…