https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/ en Sun, 03 May 2026 02:38:27 +0200 Sun, 03 May 2026 02:38:27 +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/news/norwegian-minister-visits-the-collection/ The Arnamagnæan Institute received a visit from Norway’s Minister of Culture and Equality...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/norwegian-minister-visits-the-collection/" alt="Norwegian Minister Visits the Arnamagnæan Collection" title="Norwegian Minister Visits the Arnamagnæan Collection"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/nyheder/norsk-ministerbesoeg/Icelandic05.JPG/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/norwegian-minister-visits-the-collection/ Fri, 20 Aug 2021 14:00:00 +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/news/a-new-discovery-in-the-arnamagnaean-collection/ Recently, a major discovery was made, when one of the manuscripts in the collection, AM 377 fol., an...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/a-new-discovery-in-the-arnamagnaean-collection/" alt="A New Discovery in the Arnamagnæan Collection" title="A New Discovery in the Arnamagnæan Collection"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/a-new-discovery-in-the-arnamagnaean-collection/Hernando_Colon_small.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/a-new-discovery-in-the-arnamagnaean-collection/ Fri, 22 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0100 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/news/new-msc-fellow-at-the-arnamagnaean-institute/ The Irish scholar Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellowship....<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/new-msc-fellow-at-the-arnamagnaean-institute/" alt="New Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow at the Arnamagnæan Institute" title="New Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow at the Arnamagnæan Institute"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/nyheder/ny-marie-curie-stipendiat/New_MSC_Fellow_55x55.jpeg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/new-msc-fellow-at-the-arnamagnaean-institute/ Thu, 21 Feb 2019 12:45:00 +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/news/summer-school-registration/ The Arnamagnæan Institute is pleased to announce that the next edition of the Summer School in...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/summer-school-registration/" alt="Summer School Registration" title="Summer School Registration"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/summer-school-registration/miniature.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/summer-school-registration/ Fri, 01 Feb 2019 10:30:00 +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/news/hrh-prince-joachim-visited-the-arnamagnaean-institute/ In November last year, HRH Prince Joachim, younger son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, visited the...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/hrh-prince-joachim-visited-the-arnamagnaean-institute/" alt="HRH Prince Joachim films documentary at the Arnamagnæan Institute" title="HRH Prince Joachim films documentary at the Arnamagnæan Institute"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/nyheder/prins-joachim-formidler-danmarkshistorie-i-den-arnamagnaeanske-samling/prins_joachim_ams_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/hrh-prince-joachim-visited-the-arnamagnaean-institute/ Tue, 08 Jan 2019 13:45:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/gumundar-saga-b-released/ Part 2 of Guðmundar sögur biskups (Sagas of the Bishop Gudmund) has just been published...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/gumundar-saga-b-released/" alt="Guðmundar Saga B Released" title="Guðmundar Saga B Released"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/nyheder/gumundar-saga-b-er-udkommet/EA_B_7.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/gumundar-saga-b-released/ Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:45:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/lassen-prize/ Annette Lassen, associate professor at the University of Copenhagen, is to be awarded the Einar Hansen...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/lassen-prize/" alt="Annette Lassen awarded Research Prize for 2018 " title="Annette Lassen awarded Research Prize for 2018 "><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/laurin/AM_32_fol__0036r_-_70_55x55.jpeg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/lassen-prize/ Mon, 19 Nov 2018 15:30:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/driscoll-prize/ Matthew Driscoll, Professor of Old Norse Philology at the University of Copenhagen, is to be awarded...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/driscoll-prize/" alt="Matthew Driscoll awarded Honorary Prize for 2018 " title="Matthew Driscoll awarded Honorary Prize for 2018 "><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/motm/rolf_krake_am/lille_arne.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/driscoll-prize/ Mon, 19 Nov 2018 15:15:00 +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/news/digital-collections/ In addition to the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection, the Arnamagnæan Institute also holds...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/digital-collections/" alt="Images of Manuscripts in NorS Digital Collections" title="Images of Manuscripts in NorS Digital Collections"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/billeder/nyheder/AM_29_fol_Dokum.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/digital-collections/ Fri, 09 Nov 2018 13:30:00 +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/news/materiality-of-manuscripts/ “Materiality of Manuscripts”: Call for Papers for sponsored sessions at the International...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/materiality-of-manuscripts/" alt="Materiality of Manuscripts" title="Materiality of Manuscripts"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/ellevtedecember/AM_22_knap.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/materiality-of-manuscripts/ Thu, 06 Sep 2018 09:45:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/summer-school-2018/ The Arnamagnæan Institute organises an annual summer school in manuscript studies in cooperation...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/summer-school-2018/" alt="Summer School in Scandinavian Manuscript Studies" title="Summer School in Scandinavian Manuscript Studies"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/nyheder/summer-school-2018/summerschool_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/summer-school-2018/ Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:00:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/priceless-manuscripts-on-loan-to-iceland/ Yesterday two manuscripts from the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection were flown to Iceland, where...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/priceless-manuscripts-on-loan-to-iceland/" alt="Priceless manuscripts on loan to Iceland" title="Priceless manuscripts on loan to Iceland"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/nyheder/uvurderlig-kulturarv-udlaant-til-island/AM02-0242_06-opslag-2_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/priceless-manuscripts-on-loan-to-iceland/ Fri, 06 Jul 2018 14:15:00 +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/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-24th-of-december/ Merry Christmas!<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-24th-of-december/" alt="24th of December" title="24th of December"><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/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-24th-of-december/ Sun, 24 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-23rd-of-december/ Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings.<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-23rd-of-december/" alt="23rd of December" title="23rd of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/treogtyvendedecember/AM_619_4to__0018r_-_34_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-23rd-of-december/ Sat, 23 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-22nd-of-december/ Love, Actually<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-22nd-of-december/" alt="22nd of December" title="22nd of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/toogtyvendedecember/AM_325_II_4to__0001v_-_2_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-22nd-of-december/ Fri, 22 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-21st-of-december/ Here comes the sun<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-21st-of-december/" alt="21st of December" title="21st of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/enogtyvendedecember/AM_342_1_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-21st-of-december/ Thu, 21 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-20th-of-december/ Concentration is key<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-20th-of-december/" alt="20th of December" title="20th of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/tyvendedecember/eluc_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-20th-of-december/ Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-19th-of-december/ No ill will among men<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-19th-of-december/" alt="19th of December" title="19th of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/nittendedecember/marine_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-19th-of-december/ Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-18th-of-december/ War and peace<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-18th-of-december/" alt="18th of December" title="18th of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/attendedecember/BL_47V_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-18th-of-december/ Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-17th-of-december/ A heavenly sign<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-17th-of-december/" alt="17th of December" title="17th of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/syttendedecember/AM_107_8vo_69v-70r_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-17th-of-december/ Sun, 17 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-16th-of-december/ #OTD<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-16th-of-december/" alt="16th of December" title="16th of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/sekstendedecember/claradiplom_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-16th-of-december/ Sat, 16 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-15th-of-december/ A sign of things to come<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-15th-of-december/" alt="15th of December" title="15th of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/femtendedecember/AM_188_8vo_0022v_-_44-hq_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-15th-of-december/ Fri, 15 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-14th-of-december/ Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-14th-of-december/" alt="14th of December" title="14th of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/fjortendedecember/AM_76_1_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-14th-of-december/ Thu, 14 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-13th-of-december/ A light in the dark<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-13th-of-december/" alt="13th of December" title="13th of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/trettendedecember/helginder2_thumb_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-13th-of-december/ Wed, 13 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-12th-of-december/ A menagerie<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-12th-of-december/" alt="12th of December" title="12th of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/tolvtedecember/AM_371_knap.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-12th-of-december/ Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-11th-of-december/ A Christmassy jester<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-11th-of-december/" alt="11th of December" title="11th of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/ellevtedecember/AM_22_knap.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-11th-of-december/ Mon, 11 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-10th-of-december/ A gift for the man who has everything<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-10th-of-december/" alt="10th of December" title="10th of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/tiendedecember/AM_29_knap.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-10th-of-december/ Sun, 10 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-9th-of-december/ A different kind of stuffing<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-9th-of-december/" alt="9th of December" title="9th of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/niendedecember/bispehuen2_knap.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-9th-of-december/ Sat, 09 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-8th-of-december/ Looks can be deceiving<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-8th-of-december/" alt="8th of December" title="8th of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/ottendedecember_kopi/AM_45_1_knap.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-8th-of-december/ Fri, 08 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-7th-of-december/ Reuse, reduce, recycle<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-7th-of-december/" alt="7th of December" title="7th of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/syvendedecember/AM_618_knap.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-7th-of-december/ Thu, 07 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-6th-of-december/ 6th of December - a visit to Father Christmas<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-6th-of-december/" alt="6th of December" title="6th of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/sjettedecember/AM_364_knap.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-6th-of-december/ Wed, 06 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-5th-of-december/ A time for reflection<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-5th-of-december/" alt="5th of December" title="5th of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/femtedecember/AM04-0079_9999-01r-makulatur_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-5th-of-december/ Tue, 05 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-4th-of-december/ The oldest manuscript in the collection (kind of)<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-4th-of-december/" alt="4th of December" title="4th of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/fjerdedecember/am_795_4to_en-1_thumb_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-4th-of-december/ Mon, 04 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-3rd-of-december/ Are silk and brocade on your Christmas wish list?<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-3rd-of-december/" alt="3rd of December" title="3rd of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/tredjedecember/7-AM08-0028_opslag_thumb_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-3rd-of-december/ Sun, 03 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/2nd-of-december/ Behind the second door in our advent calendar we find a scribe to took time out to write a get-well message...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/2nd-of-december/" alt="2nd of December - Well-wishes from the margin" title="2nd of December - Well-wishes from the margin"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/andendecember/AM02-0342_n_rfoto-0024r-2_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/2nd-of-december/ Sat, 02 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-1st-of-december/ We begin with AM 249 a fol, a calendar produced in England sometime around 1300. <div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-1st-of-december/" alt="Advent Calendar: 1st of December" title="Advent Calendar: 1st of December"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/haandskriftsjulekalender/julekalender_55x55_1dec.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/advent-calendar/advent-calendar-1st-of-december/ Fri, 01 Dec 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/sacristan_didnt_light_the_lamps/ In the final instalment of Miracle of the Week. A sacristan learns that being frugal can have consequences. ...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/sacristan_didnt_light_the_lamps/" alt="The Sacristan Didn’t Light the Lamps" title="The Sacristan Didn’t Light the Lamps"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/gossiping_monks/BVM_03_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/sacristan_didnt_light_the_lamps/ Fri, 17 Nov 2017 14:00:00 +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/marian-miracles/oil_flowed_our_lady/ This week we bring you a story of sacred oil which flows from a portrait of the Virgin Mary. <div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/oil_flowed_our_lady/" alt="Oil flowed from the image of our Lady" title="Oil flowed from the image of our Lady"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/gossiping_monks/BVM_03_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/oil_flowed_our_lady/ Fri, 10 Nov 2017 14:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/an_image_of_our_lady/ This week we bring you a popular story of a miraculous portrait of the Virgin Mary. <div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/an_image_of_our_lady/" alt="An image of Our Lady" title="An image of Our Lady"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/gossiping_monks/BVM_03_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/an_image_of_our_lady/ Fri, 03 Nov 2017 14:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/necron-workshop/ Over forty young researchers participated in the inaugural workshop of NECRON (the Network of Early Career...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/necron-workshop/" alt="Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse" title="Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/nyheder/necron-workshop/Necron_2017_Advertising_Poster_2_thumb.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/necron-workshop/ Thu, 02 Nov 2017 15:00:00 +0100 https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/adulteress_reformed/ In this week's miracle, the Virgin Mary teaches a scorned wife and an adulteress that there are more...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/adulteress_reformed/" alt="An adulteress is reformed" title="An adulteress is reformed"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/gossiping_monks/BVM_03_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/adulteress_reformed/ Fri, 20 Oct 2017 14:00:00 +0200 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/marian-miracles/immaculate_conception/ This week's miracle is found in many different traditions and name drops both William the Bastard/Conqueror...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/immaculate_conception/" alt="The Feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary" title="The Feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/gossiping_monks/BVM_03_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/immaculate_conception/ Fri, 13 Oct 2017 14:00:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/here_is_told_of_the_office_of_our_lady/ This is Gazo. Gazo refused to pray to the Virgin Mary. Gazo's impiety caused a band of violent men to...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/here_is_told_of_the_office_of_our_lady/" alt="Here is told of the Office of Our Lady" title="Here is told of the Office of Our Lady"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/gossiping_monks/BVM_03_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/here_is_told_of_the_office_of_our_lady/ Fri, 06 Oct 2017 14:00:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/our_lady_gives_a_woman_back_her_sanity/ We continue our series of Marian Miracles as transcribed by the Master Class of this year's Arnamagnæan...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/our_lady_gives_a_woman_back_her_sanity/" alt="Our Lady gives a woman back her sanity" title="Our Lady gives a woman back her sanity"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/gossiping_monks/BVM_03_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/our_lady_gives_a_woman_back_her_sanity/ Fri, 29 Sep 2017 14:00:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/monks_prayed_for_abbot/ We all know the type: a saint by day but when out with his mates a foul-mouthed lout. This week the Virgin...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/monks_prayed_for_abbot/" alt="Monks prayed for abbot" title="Monks prayed for abbot"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/gossiping_monks/BVM_03_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/monks_prayed_for_abbot/ Fri, 22 Sep 2017 14:00:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/wrongdoers_rightened/ This week Mary saves St Hugh of Cluny from some bad hombres.<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/wrongdoers_rightened/" alt="Wrongdoers rightened" title="Wrongdoers rightened"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/gossiping_monks/BVM_03_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/wrongdoers_rightened/ Fri, 15 Sep 2017 14:00:00 +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/marian-miracles/gossiping_monks/ Each week we will publish one miracle from the collection of Marian miracles preserved in the manuscript...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/gossiping_monks/" alt="Gossiping monks" title="Gossiping monks"><img src="https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/gossiping_monks/BVM_03_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/marian-miracles/gossiping_monks/ Fri, 08 Sep 2017 14:00:00 +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/news/call-for-papers-care-and-conservation-17/ Care and conservation of manuscripts - international seminars held at the Arnamagnæan Institute,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/call-for-papers-care-and-conservation-17/" alt="Call for papers: Care and conservation 17" title="Call for papers: Care and conservation 17"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/nyheder/call-for-papers-care-and-conservation-17/carecons17-55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/call-for-papers-care-and-conservation-17/ Thu, 18 May 2017 13:00:00 +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/news/a-sensational-discovery/ A unique parchment fragment was recently discovered at The Arnamagnæan Institute. <div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/a-sensational-discovery/" alt="A sensational discovery: Fragment of lost Norwegian royal charter from circa 1205 rediscovered in old book cover" title="A sensational discovery: Fragment of lost Norwegian royal charter from circa 1205 rediscovered in old book cover"><img src="https://haandskrift.ku.dk/nyheder/et-sensationelt-fund/h_ndskrift_fra_1400-tallet-55x55.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/a-sensational-discovery/ Wed, 03 May 2017 10:30:00 +0200 https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/mirrors-of-virtue/ Margrét Eggertsdóttir and Matthew James Driscoll (eds.): Mirrors of virtue. Manuscript...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/mirrors-of-virtue/" alt="Mirrors of virtue: Manuscript and print in late pre-modern Iceland" title="Mirrors of virtue: Manuscript and print in late pre-modern Iceland"><img src="https://cms.ku.dk/hum-sites/nfi-sites/nfi/publikationer/nyeboeger/opuscula-xv-mirrors-of-virtue-er-ude-nu/MoV_Omslag-1-thumb.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://manuscript.ku.dk/news/mirrors-of-virtue/ Wed, 26 Apr 2017 09:45:00 +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/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/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/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