Manuscript of the month
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2020.03.13
Two small fragments found in the binding of an Icelandic manuscript tell the story of how a farmer
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2020.02.07
In 2020 Denmark will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the reunification with Southern Jutland. The
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2019.12.13
Accessoria 4 is a single shelfmark, but is it a single manuscript? This collection of Faroese papers
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2019.11.14
AM 79 4to is a particularly beautiful part of the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection. The manuscript
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2019.09.15
The story of an English saint is found in a Danish lawbook from the late 15th century. A study of
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2019.06.15
Persenober og Konstantianobis is the title of a courtly romance in Danish from the fifteenth
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2019.04.15
One of the manuscripts in the Arnamagnæan Collection, AM 377 fol., has recently been identified as
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2019.03.15
While the twelfth century is generally associated with great social, political and economic
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2019.02.15
A small 22-page manuscript, half Danish, half Faroese, tells the story of a common interest in
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2019.01.15
In the Arnamagnæan collection, there are six illustrated manuscripts, AM 366 fol.-AM 371 fol., all
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2018.11.14
Rasmus Rask's foundational text on the origin of Icelandic was originally written as a prize essay.
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2018.10.15
For the most part, AM 828 4to contains critical notes and commentaries about classical works by the
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2018.09.14
20 September is the feast of St. Eustace in the Western Christian calendar and this month’s
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2018.06.17
One of the treasures of the Arnamagnaean Collection is the manuscript AM 468 4to, which dates from
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2018.05.16
Árni Magnússon made an effort to preserve every manuscript he could, even fragments. Among others AM
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2018.04.16
Who needs Iron Thrones and dragon queens, when you have manuscripts from the 15th century? Dwarf
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2018.03.15
AM 578 i 4to is an Icelandic paper manuscript, which among other things contains a copy of the story
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2018.02.15
Among the more recent acquisitions of the Arnamagnæan manuscript collection in Copenhagen is a group
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2018.01.15
The Arnamagnæan Collection contains a manuscript written in the medieval language of Gotland in the
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2017.11.15
When Latin rather than English was the lingua franca in Europe, scholarly versions of Icelandic
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2017.10.15
Numerous poetical miscellanies, written and collected in Iceland in the 17th and 18th centuries, are
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2017.09.08
A diploma from the beginning of the fifteenth century is written in an early form of Faroese and
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2017.08.15
Rask 33 39r: Large initial at the beginning of part 2 of the saga. (Click on the picture for a
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2017.06.16
This short tale about a king and his heroic son, written on only two leaves of paper, is not only
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2017.05.15
A charter from 1259 issued by Archbishop Jakob Erlandsen charter situates him within a vast web of
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2017.04.16
Calendars form one of the main categories of medieval manuscripts, owing to the important role they
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2017.03.15
A legal text in a manuscript from the middle ages can be difficult for a present-day reader to
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2017.02.15
The 2017 Reformation Anniversary has been kicked off and is celebrated worldwide. One of the
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2017.01.20
AM 779 c 4to is a seventeenth-century paper manuscript that mostly contains rhymed chronicles about
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2016.12.25
Private books of hours were the European bestseller of the 14th-16th centuries, especially among the
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2016.10.28
How did leaves from a Norwegian 13th-century manuscrip containing French profane tales of fervent
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2016.09.01
AM 76 8vo is a small and unprepossessing paper manuscript, the contents of which rarely rise above
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2016.06.03
Beginning of chapter 7: "Ok er Haraldr konungr hilditǫnn var orðinn svá gamall, er hann hafði hálft
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2016.04.20
Among the many diplomas in the Arnamagnæan collection, there are three title deeds issued by the
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2016.03.15
The Vatnsfjörður Psalter, 241 a I fol., contains Psalms of David in an extended version, liturgical
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2016.02.10
The vignets in this calendar depict the labours of the month. The common activities for February
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2015.12.24
The opening 45v-46r: The Nativity Marine Jespersdatter’s prayer book ‘Dear Lord, almighty
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2015.10.15
"Take juniper berries or the root of inula, dry it, grind it well and mix it with wine". Thus reads
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2015.08.31
AM 795 4to (12th century) contains the only extant copy of a sixth-century commentary on the
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2015.07.01
Codex Wormianus, Ole Worm’s book, was written c. 1350 and is noteworthy for its contents, its
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2015.06.04
Roman wars on Icelandic vellum. Rómverja saga (The saga of the Romans) is a compilation of Icelandic
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2015.05.12
Njáls saga’s many travels. The manuscript AM 468 4to, better known as Reykjabók (the book of
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