https://manuscript.ku.dk/freetext_box/monthly/ en Tue, 12 May 2026 17:54:20 +0200 Tue, 12 May 2026 17:54:20 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/ai-and-pragmatic-literacy/ Latin and vernacular charters in medieval Norway emerged from overlapping writing centres with similar...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/ai-and-pragmatic-literacy/" alt="AI and Pragmatic Literacy: Bilingual Scribes During the Reign of Håkon Magnusson of Norway (c. 1284-1319)" title="AI and Pragmatic Literacy: Bilingual Scribes During the Reign of Håkon Magnusson of Norway (c. 1284-1319)"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/ai-and-pragmatic-literacy/Title_image_1313.04.09_ON_Trondheim__Torgeir_klerkr__AM_Dipl._Norv._Fasc._II__9aa__DN_II__117_.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/ai-and-pragmatic-literacy/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/pointing-out-manicules/ Marginal annotations are a popular way to interact with a text; AM 76 8vo showcases manicules, a form...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/pointing-out-manicules/" alt="Pointing out Manicules in AM 76 8vo" title="Pointing out Manicules in AM 76 8vo"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/pointing-out-manicules/AM08-0076_manicules.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/pointing-out-manicules/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/three-scripts-one-scribe/ Medieval scribes were skilled in multiple script types. A Norwegian legal manuscript from the fourteenth...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/three-scripts-one-scribe/" alt="Three Scripts, One Scribe: Ingólfr Dagfinsson and his Lawbook AM 68 4to" title="Three Scripts, One Scribe: Ingólfr Dagfinsson and his Lawbook AM 68 4to"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/three-scripts-one-scribe/AM04-0068_05-opslag.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/three-scripts-one-scribe/ Wed, 15 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/danish-scribes-and-german-bibles/ Biblical paraphrases in the local language were popular in the late Middle Ages. In 1482 a Danish scribe...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/danish-scribes-and-german-bibles/" alt="Danish scribes and German Bibles" title="Danish scribes and German Bibles"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/danish-scribes-and-german-bibles/AM02-0372_05-opslag.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/danish-scribes-and-german-bibles/ Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/the-danish-conquest-of-dithmarschen/ The Low German law codex AM 2 4to contains the younger redaction of the Land Law of Dithmarschen. A later...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/the-danish-conquest-of-dithmarschen/" alt="The Danish Conquest of Dithmarschen" title="The Danish Conquest of Dithmarschen"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/the-danish-conquest-of-dithmarschen/AM04-0002_06-opslag.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/the-danish-conquest-of-dithmarschen/ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/one-final-dictionary-from-the-first-faroese-lexicographer/ The Faroe Islands’ first lexicographer kept producing manuscripts of his dictionary until his death...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/one-final-dictionary-from-the-first-faroese-lexicographer/" alt="One final dictionary from the first Faroese lexicographer" title="One final dictionary from the first Faroese lexicographer"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/one-final-dictionary-from-the-first-faroese-lexicographer/AM04-0971-a_02.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/one-final-dictionary-from-the-first-faroese-lexicographer/ Wed, 14 Feb 2024 10:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/from-margrethe-to-frederik/ A new chapter of Danish history was written Sunday, 14 January 2024 with the succession of the new king....<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/from-margrethe-to-frederik/" alt="From Margrethe to Frederik: Danish history as told by royal lines" title="From Margrethe to Frederik: Danish history as told by royal lines"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/fra-margrethe-til-frederik/AM-854-4to-s.-202-203_-AM-855-4to-s.-108-109.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/from-margrethe-to-frederik/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-prayer-book-for-the-entire-year/ December means another year is coming to a close, at least according to our modern secular calendar....<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-prayer-book-for-the-entire-year/" alt="A Prayer Book for the Entire Year — And Every Occasion" title="A Prayer Book for the Entire Year — And Every Occasion"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-prayer-book-for-the-entire-year/AM04-0784_06-opslag.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-prayer-book-for-the-entire-year/ Fri, 15 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/interaction-between-scribe-and-readers-in-konungs-skuggsja/ The oldest and most complete manuscript of the Old Norwegian Konungs skuggsjá, AM 243 bα fol.,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/interaction-between-scribe-and-readers-in-konungs-skuggsja/" alt="Let me guide you through this! The interaction between scribe and readers in the main manuscript of Konungs skuggsjá" title="Let me guide you through this! The interaction between scribe and readers in the main manuscript of Konungs skuggsjá"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/interaction-between-scribe-and-readers-in-konungs-skuggsja/AM_243_b_alfa_fol_s.48-49.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/interaction-between-scribe-and-readers-in-konungs-skuggsja/ Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/learned-prehistory-and-danish-genealogies/ A miscellany manuscript written by several hands contains some genealogical material thought to derive...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/learned-prehistory-and-danish-genealogies/" alt="Learned prehistory and Danish genealogies" title="Learned prehistory and Danish genealogies"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/learned-prehistory-and-danish-genealogies/AM04-0764_06-opslag-_4r-5v.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/learned-prehistory-and-danish-genealogies/ Sun, 15 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/an-educational-poem-by-petrus-riga/ A previously unidentified fragment can now be shown to contain the educational poem De venditione Joseph...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/an-educational-poem-by-petrus-riga/" alt="An Educational Poem by Petrus Riga" title="An Educational Poem by Petrus Riga"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/an-educational-poem-by-petrus-riga/AM04-0921-IX_Fragmenter-2.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/an-educational-poem-by-petrus-riga/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/behold-a-funen-clog/ Humorous marginal drawings are not uncommon in medieval manuscripts. The wooden shoe from Funen found...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/behold-a-funen-clog/" alt="Behold! A Funen Clog!" title="Behold! A Funen Clog!"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/behold-a-funen-clog/drawing-1.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/behold-a-funen-clog/ Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/revising-danish-royal-genealogies-anno-1664/ Since the time of Saxo Grammaticus and his monumental Gesta Danorum, Danish royal lineage was traced...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/revising-danish-royal-genealogies-anno-1664/" alt="Revising Danish Royal Genealogies Anno 1664" title="Revising Danish Royal Genealogies Anno 1664"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/revising-danish-royal-genealogies-anno-1664/AM04-0862_06-opslag-3.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/revising-danish-royal-genealogies-anno-1664/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 10:00:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/indulgences-for-nuns-in-the-early-days-of-print/ A handwritten letter of indulgence given to the Poor Clares of Roskilde tells the story of Gutenberg's...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/indulgences-for-nuns-in-the-early-days-of-print/" alt="Indulgences for nuns in the early days of print" title="Indulgences for nuns in the early days of print"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/indulgences-for-nuns-in-the-early-days-of-print/LXII_3.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/indulgences-for-nuns-in-the-early-days-of-print/ Fri, 15 May 2020 09:30:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-low-german-fragment-of-st-birgittas-heavenly-revelations/ AM 79 8vo consists of a heterogeneous collection of medieval manuscript fragments in several languages:...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-low-german-fragment-of-st-birgittas-heavenly-revelations/" alt="A Low German fragment of St Birgitta's Heavenly Revelations" title="A Low German fragment of St Birgitta's Heavenly Revelations"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/et-nedertysk-fragment-af-den-hellige-birgittas-aabenbaringer/AM08-0079-II-alpha-001r.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-low-german-fragment-of-st-birgittas-heavenly-revelations/ Tue, 14 Apr 2020 16:45:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/getting-a-fair-share-an-icelandic-letter-of-partition-from-1673/ Two small fragments found in the binding of an Icelandic manuscript tell the story of how a farmer divided...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/getting-a-fair-share-an-icelandic-letter-of-partition-from-1673/" alt="Getting a fair share: an Icelandic letter of partition from 1673" title="Getting a fair share: an Icelandic letter of partition from 1673"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/to-fragmenter-af-et-islandskt-skiftebrev-fra-aaret-1673/BindingFragAM177fol.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/getting-a-fair-share-an-icelandic-letter-of-partition-from-1673/ Fri, 13 Mar 2020 17:30:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-reunited-law-am-6-8vo/ In 2020 Denmark will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the reunification with Southern Jutland. The...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-reunited-law-am-6-8vo/" alt="A Reunited Law: AM 6 8vo" title="A Reunited Law: AM 6 8vo"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-reunited-law-am-6-8vo/AM08-0006_opslag-13v-14r.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-reunited-law-am-6-8vo/ Sat, 15 Feb 2020 13:15:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/how-to-count-a-manuscript/ Accessoria 4 is a single shelfmark, but is it a single manuscript? This collection of Faroese papers...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/how-to-count-a-manuscript/" alt="How to Count a Manuscript - The Faroese Collection in Accessoria 4" title="How to Count a Manuscript - The Faroese Collection in Accessoria 4"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/om-at-taelle-haandskrifter/Acc_4.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/how-to-count-a-manuscript/ Fri, 13 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/naked-angels-and-stolen-herring-in-am-79-4to/ AM 79 4to is a particularly beautiful part of the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection. The manuscript...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/naked-angels-and-stolen-herring-in-am-79-4to/" alt="Naked Angels and Stolen Herring in AM 79 4to" title="Naked Angels and Stolen Herring in AM 79 4to"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/paa-englejagt-og-silderov-i-am-79-4to/AM04-0079_06-bind.inders.bagved.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/naked-angels-and-stolen-herring-in-am-79-4to/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 16:45:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/an-english-saint-in-a-danish-manuscript/ The story of an English saint is found in a Danish lawbook from the late 15th century. A study of the...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/an-english-saint-in-a-danish-manuscript/" alt="An English Saint in a Danish Manuscript" title="An English Saint in a Danish Manuscript"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/en-engelsk-helgen-i-et-dansk-haandskrift/AM-23-4to_-AM-28-4to_-AM-292-fol.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/an-english-saint-in-a-danish-manuscript/ Sun, 15 Sep 2019 12:45:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-medieval-love-story/ Persenober og Konstantianobis is the title of a courtly romance in Danish from the fifteenth century....<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-medieval-love-story/" alt="A Medieval Love Story" title="A Medieval Love Story"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-medieval-love-story/AM08-0151-b_1v-2r.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-medieval-love-story/ Sat, 15 Jun 2019 10:00:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/hernando-colons-book-of-books/ One of the manuscripts in the Arnamagnæan Collection, AM 377 fol., has recently been identified...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/hernando-colons-book-of-books/" alt="Hernando Colón’s Book of Books: AM 377 fol." title="Hernando Colón’s Book of Books: AM 377 fol."><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/hernando-colons-book-of-books/AM_377_fol._455v-456r.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/hernando-colons-book-of-books/ Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:15:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/chronicle-of-the-slavs/ While the twelfth century is generally associated with great social, political and economic transformations...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/chronicle-of-the-slavs/" alt="Chronicle of the Slavs in the Arnamangæan Collection" title="Chronicle of the Slavs in the Arnamangæan Collection"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/chronicle-of-the-slavs/AM_30_fol_1v.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/chronicle-of-the-slavs/ Fri, 15 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/rask-113-a-ballad-manuscript-in-two-parts/ A small 22-page manuscript, half Danish, half Faroese, tells the story of a common interest in Faroese...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/rask-113-a-ballad-manuscript-in-two-parts/" alt="Rask 113: A Ballad Manuscript in Two Parts" title="Rask 113: A Ballad Manuscript in Two Parts"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/rask-113-a-ballad-manuscript-in-two-parts/Rask-113_o2-opslag.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/rask-113-a-ballad-manuscript-in-two-parts/ Fri, 15 Feb 2019 09:30:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/am_370_fol/ In the Arnamagnæan collection, there are six illustrated manuscripts, AM 366 fol.-AM 371 fol., all...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/am_370_fol/" alt="AM 370 fol. Antiquities from the Bergen District" title="AM 370 fol. Antiquities from the Bergen District"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/am-370-fol/AM_370_fol._cut.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/am_370_fol/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 13:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/rasmus-rasks-investigation-turns-200-in-2018/ Rasmus Rask's foundational text on the origin of Icelandic was originally written as a prize essay. The...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/rasmus-rasks-investigation-turns-200-in-2018/" alt="Rasmus Rask's Investigation Turns 200 in 2018" title="Rasmus Rask's Investigation Turns 200 in 2018"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/rasmus-rasks-undersoegelse-fylder-200-aar/Rask-0116_opslag-216-217.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/rasmus-rasks-investigation-turns-200-in-2018/ Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:45:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/notes-from-the-sixteenth-century/ For the most part, AM 828 4to contains critical notes and commentaries about classical works by the sixteenth-century...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/notes-from-the-sixteenth-century/" alt="Notes from the Sixteenth Century: AM 828 4to" title="Notes from the Sixteenth Century: AM 828 4to"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/noter-fra-1500-tallet/AM04-0828_06-opslag-270r.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/notes-from-the-sixteenth-century/ Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:15:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/the-oldest-manuscript-of-drottkvaett-poetry/ 20 September is the feast of St. Eustace in the Western Christian calendar and this month’s manuscript...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/the-oldest-manuscript-of-drottkvaett-poetry/" alt="AM 673 b 4to: The Oldest manuscript of medieval Scandinavia's most prolific poetic form" title="AM 673 b 4to: The Oldest manuscript of medieval Scandinavia's most prolific poetic form"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/det-aeldste-haandskrift-med-drottkvaett-vers/am673b4to-1r-top.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/the-oldest-manuscript-of-drottkvaett-poetry/ Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:30:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/reykjabok_june18/ One of the treasures of the Arnamagnaean Collection is the manuscript AM 468 4to, which dates from the...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/reykjabok_june18/" alt="Modern technology casts new light on old manuscripts" title="Modern technology casts new light on old manuscripts"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/reykjabok_juni/multispektral-njal-thumb.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/reykjabok_june18/ Sun, 17 Jun 2018 11:45:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/am567_4to/ Árni Magnússon made an effort to preserve every manuscript he could, even fragments. Among...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/am567_4to/" alt="Sad remains of once proud books" title="Sad remains of once proud books"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/am567_4to/AM_567_4to_1_thumb.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/am567_4to/ Wed, 16 May 2018 12:45:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/laurin/ Who needs Iron Thrones and dragon queens, when you have manuscripts from the 15th century? Dwarf kings,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/laurin/" alt="While we wait for Game of Thrones" title="While we wait for Game of Thrones"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/laurin/AM_32_fol_36r_thumb.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/laurin/ Mon, 16 Apr 2018 13:00:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a_scribes_favourite_exemplum/ AM 578 i 4to is an Icelandic paper manuscript, which among other things contains a copy of the story...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a_scribes_favourite_exemplum/" alt="A Scribe’s Favourite Exemplum?" title="A Scribe’s Favourite Exemplum?"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/en_skrivers_yndlingshistorie/AM04-0578-i_0001r.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a_scribes_favourite_exemplum/ Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-hand-written-copy-of-a-printed-book/ Among the more recent acquisitions of the Arnamagnæan manuscript collection in Copenhagen is a group...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-hand-written-copy-of-a-printed-book/" alt="A hand-written copy of a printed book" title="A hand-written copy of a printed book"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/en-haandskreven-kopi-af-en-trykt-bog/AM_Acc_61_3.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-hand-written-copy-of-a-printed-book/ Thu, 15 Feb 2018 13:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/the-law-of-gotland-in-danish-hands/ The Arnamagnæan Collection contains a manuscript written in the medieval language of Gotland in...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/the-law-of-gotland-in-danish-hands/" alt="The Law of Gotland in Danish Hands" title="The Law of Gotland in Danish Hands"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/gotlands-lov-paa-danske-haender/am_54_4to_1_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/the-law-of-gotland-in-danish-hands/ Mon, 15 Jan 2018 11:30:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/hrolfs_saga_by_am/ When Latin rather than English was the lingua franca in Europe, scholarly versions of Icelandic sagas...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/hrolfs_saga_by_am/" alt="Early Modern Translations into Latin and Manuscripts as Scholarly Editions: The Case of AM 922 4to" title="Early Modern Translations into Latin and Manuscripts as Scholarly Editions: The Case of AM 922 4to"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/rolf_krake_am/lille_arne.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/hrolfs_saga_by_am/ Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:30:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/rask88a/ Numerous poetical miscellanies, written and collected in Iceland in the 17th and 18th centuries,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/rask88a/" alt="A Grab Bag of Early Modern Poetry" title="A Grab Bag of Early Modern Poetry"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/rask88a/Screen_Shot_2017-10-15_at_18.17.49.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/rask88a/ Sun, 15 Oct 2017 14:30:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/the-husavik-letters/ A diploma from the beginning of the fifteenth century is written in an early form of Faroese and tells...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/the-husavik-letters/" alt="The Húsavík Letters - A Medieval Faroese Diploma" title="The Húsavík Letters - A Medieval Faroese Diploma"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/husevigsbrevene/husevig_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/the-husavik-letters/ Fri, 08 Sep 2017 14:30:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/medieval-romance-in-early-modern-iceland/ Rask 33 39r: Large initial at the beginning of part 2 of the saga. (Click on the picture for a larger...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/medieval-romance-in-early-modern-iceland/" alt="Medieval romance in early modern Iceland" title="Medieval romance in early modern Iceland"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/middelalderlig-riddersaga-i-det-tidligt-moderne-island/Rask-0033_0052v_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/medieval-romance-in-early-modern-iceland/ Tue, 15 Aug 2017 10:30:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/vermundar-ttur-and-upsa-in-am-409-fol./ This short tale about a king and his heroic son, written on only two leaves of paper, is not only interesting...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/vermundar-ttur-and-upsa-in-am-409-fol./" alt="Vermundar þáttur og Upsa (The Tale of Vermundur and Upsi) in AM 409 fol." title="Vermundar þáttur og Upsa (The Tale of Vermundur and Upsi) in AM 409 fol."><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/vermundar-ttur-and-upsa-in-am-409-fol./Dipl-Dan-Fasc-LI_0030r-55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/vermundar-ttur-and-upsa-in-am-409-fol./ Fri, 16 Jun 2017 09:00:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/patronage-and-memory-in-a-medieval-charter/ A charter from 1259 issued by Archbishop Jakob Erlandsen charter situates him within a vast web of patronage,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/patronage-and-memory-in-a-medieval-charter/" alt="Patronage and Memory in a Medieval Charter" title="Patronage and Memory in a Medieval Charter"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/klientelisme-og-erindring-i-et-middelalderligt-diplom/Dipl-Dan-Fasc-LI_0030r-55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/patronage-and-memory-in-a-medieval-charter/ Mon, 15 May 2017 14:30:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/an-easter-cheat-sheet/ Calendars form one of the main categories of medieval manuscripts, owing to the important role they played...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/an-easter-cheat-sheet/" alt="An Easter 'cheat sheet'" title="An Easter 'cheat sheet'"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/genvej-til-fastlaeggelse-af-paasken/rsz_am_249d_8v-55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/an-easter-cheat-sheet/ Sun, 16 Apr 2017 13:30:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/medieval-law-with-a-contemporary-explanation/ A legal text in a manuscript from the middle ages can be difficult for a present-day reader to understand,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/medieval-law-with-a-contemporary-explanation/" alt="Medieval law with explanatory glosses" title="Medieval law with explanatory glosses"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/hoejrebokse/maanedens1/jyske-lov-forsynet-med-lidt-hjaelp-til-laeseren/AM_16_8vo_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/medieval-law-with-a-contemporary-explanation/ Wed, 15 Mar 2017 15:15:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/chronicon-skibyense/ The 2017 Reformation Anniversary has been kicked off and is celebrated worldwide. One of the treasures...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/chronicon-skibyense/" alt="Chronicon Skibyense - Contemporary history from the time of the Danish Reformation" title="Chronicon Skibyense - Contemporary history from the time of the Danish Reformation"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/hoejrebokse/maanedens1/chronicon-skibyense/poul_helgesen_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/chronicon-skibyense/ Wed, 15 Feb 2017 13:15:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/the-greenland-chronicle/ AM 779 c 4to is a seventeenth-century paper manuscript that mostly contains rhymed chronicles about Greenland. More...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/the-greenland-chronicle/" alt="Inside the binding of AM 779 c 4to" title="Inside the binding of AM 779 c 4to"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/hoejrebokse/maanedens1/den-groenlandske-chronica/am_779c_4to_opslag-55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/the-greenland-chronicle/ Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:15:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-dutch-book-of-hours-from-the-15th-century/ Private books of hours were the European bestseller of the 14th-16th centuries, especially among the...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-dutch-book-of-hours-from-the-15th-century/" alt="A Dutch Book of Hours from the 15th Century" title="A Dutch Book of Hours from the 15th Century"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/hoejrebokse/maanedens1/en-hollandsk-tidebog/AM08-0071_0017-55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-dutch-book-of-hours-from-the-15th-century/ Sun, 25 Dec 2016 12:15:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/courtly-love-under-the-bishops-mitre/ How did leaves from a Norwegian 13th-century manuscrip containing French  profane tales of fervent... https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/courtly-love-under-the-bishops-mitre/ Fri, 28 Oct 2016 13:45:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-schoolteachers-handbook/ AM 76 8vo is a small and unprepossessing paper manuscript, the contents of which rarely rise above the...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-schoolteachers-handbook/" alt="A schoolteacher's handbook?" title="A schoolteacher's handbook?"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/hoejrebokse/maanedens1/en-skolelaerers-haandbog/rsz_1fadervor.jpg_copy/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/a-schoolteachers-handbook/ Thu, 01 Sep 2016 15:00:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/skjldunga-saga/ Beginning of chapter 7: "Ok er Haraldr konungr hilditǫnn var orðinn svá gamall, er hann... https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/skjldunga-saga/ Fri, 03 Jun 2016 14:30:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/stclaraconvent/ Among the many diplomas in the Arnamagnæan collection, there are three title deeds issued by the... https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/stclaraconvent/ Wed, 20 Apr 2016 10:45:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/vatnsfjordur-psalter/ The Vatnsfjörður Psalter, 241 a I fol., contains Psalms of David in an extended version,... https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/vatnsfjordur-psalter/ Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/freetext_box/monthly/calendar/ The vignets in this calendar depict the labours of the month. The common activities for February are... https://manuscript.ku.dk/freetext_box/monthly/calendar/ Wed, 10 Feb 2016 17:15:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/marine-jespersdatters/ The opening 45v-46r: The Nativity Marine Jespersdatter’s prayer book ‘Dear Lord, almighty... https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/marine-jespersdatters/ Thu, 24 Dec 2015 08:30:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/am_187_8vo/ "Take juniper berries or the root of inula, dry it, grind it well and mix it with wine". Thus reads... https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/am_187_8vo/ Thu, 15 Oct 2015 08:30:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/apringius/ AM 795 4to (12th century) contains the only extant copy of a sixth-century commentary on the Apocalypse... https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/apringius/ Mon, 31 Aug 2015 10:15:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/codex_wormianus/ Codex Wormianus, Ole Worm’s book, was written c. 1350 and is noteworthy for its contents, its... https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/codex_wormianus/ Wed, 01 Jul 2015 11:30:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/am595ab4to_en/ Roman wars on Icelandic vellum. Rómverja saga (The saga of the Romans) is a compilation... https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/am595ab4to_en/ Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:45:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/reykjabok/ Njáls saga’s many travels. The manuscript AM 468 4to, better known as Reykjabók...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/reykjabok/" alt="Reykjabók" title="Reykjabók"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/reykjabok/AM_468_4to_opslag.jpg_copy/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/motm/reykjabok/ Tue, 12 May 2015 16:30:00 +0200