Manuscript of the Month 2023.11.15 Let me guide you through this! The interaction between scribe and readers in the main manuscript of Konungs skuggsjá The oldest and most complete manuscript of the Old Norwegian Konungs skuggsjá, AM 243 bα fol.,…
Manuscript of the Month 2023.10.15 Learned prehistory and Danish genealogies A miscellany manuscript written by several hands contains some genealogical material thought to…
Manuscript of the Month 2023.09.15 An Educational Poem by Petrus Riga A previously unidentified fragment can now be shown to contain the educational poem De venditione…
2023.06.27 Matthew Scarborough receives Marie Curie fellowship Matthew Scarborough has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship for…
2022.12.19 Three new publications In connection with the project Infrastrukturalisme funded by the Carlsberg Foundation three new…
archaeology 2021.10.20 Origin of domestic horses finally established Horses were first domesticated in the Pontic-Caspian steppes, northern Caucasus, before conquering…
Culture 2021.08.20 Norwegian Minister Visits the Arnamagnæan Collection The Arnamagnæan Institute received a visit from Norway’s Minister of Culture and Equality Abid Raja…
climate 2021.02.02 Misguided sense of balance exacerbates climate scepticism Many of us may have inadvertently contributed to the growing climate scepticism of recent years, a…
Manuscript of the Month 2020.10.15 Behold! A Funen Clog! Humorous marginal drawings are not uncommon in medieval manuscripts. The wooden shoe from Funen…
Manuscript of the Month 2020.09.15 Revising Danish Royal Genealogies Anno 1664 Since the time of Saxo Grammaticus and his monumental Gesta Danorum, Danish royal lineage was trace…
Manuscript of the Month 2020.05.15 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…
Manuscript of the Month 2020.04.14 A Low German fragment of St Birgitta's Heavenly Revelations AM 79 8vo consists of a heterogeneous collection of medieval manuscript fragments in several…
Manuscript of the Month 2020.03.13 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…
Manuscript of the Month 2020.02.15 A Reunited Law: AM 6 8vo In 2020 Denmark will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the reunification with Southern Jutland. Th…