Sixty-Six Manuscripts From the Arnamagnæan Collection - Hardcover

 
9788763542647: Sixty-Six Manuscripts From the Arnamagnæan Collection

Synopsis

This volume commemorates the three-hundred-fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the Icelandic scholar and antiquarian Árni Magnússon, who served as secretary of the Royal Archives and professor of Danish antiquities at the University of Copenhagen, in addition to building the most important collection of early Scandinavian manuscripts in existence. The book presents descriptions of sixty-six manuscripts from the collection, one for each year of Magnusson’s life, complemented by high-quality color photographs, a comprehensive introduction to Magnússon’s life, and a chapter on book production in the medieval period.

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About the Authors

Matthew James Driscoll is professor emeritus of Old Norse philology in the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen and former head of the Arnamagnæan Institute.
 

Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir is head of the Manuscript Department at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic studies in Reykjavik.

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