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Manuscript of the Month

2019.12.13

How to Count a Manuscript - The Faroese Collection in Accessoria 4

Accessoria 4 is a single shelfmark, but is it a single manuscript? This collection of Faroese paper…

Manuscript of the Month

2019.11.14

Naked Angels and Stolen Herring in AM 79 4to

AM 79 4to is a particularly beautiful part of the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection. The manuscript…

Manuscript of the Month

2019.09.15

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…

Manuscript of the Month

2019.06.15

A Medieval Love Story

Persenober og Konstantianobis is the title of a courtly romance in Danish from the fifteenth…

Manuscript of the Month

2019.04.15

Hernando Colón’s Book of Books: AM 377 fol.

One of the manuscripts in the Arnamagnæan Collection, AM 377 fol., has recently been identified as…

2019.03.22

A New Discovery in the Arnamagnæan Collection

Recently, a major discovery was made, when one of the manuscripts in the collection, AM 377 fol., a…

Manuscript of the Month

2019.03.15

Chronicle of the Slavs in the Arnamangæan Collection

While the twelfth century is generally associated with great social, political and economic…

Research

2019.02.21

New Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow at the Arnamagnæan Institute

The Irish scholar Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellowship.

Manuscript of the Month

2019.02.15

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…

2019.02.01

Summer School Registration

The Arnamagnæan Institute is pleased to announce that the next edition of the Summer School in…

Manuscript of the Month

2019.01.15

AM 370 fol. Antiquities from the Bergen District

In the Arnamagnæan collection, there are six illustrated manuscripts, AM 366 fol.-AM 371 fol., all…

Danish history

2019.01.08

HRH Prince Joachim films documentary at the Arnamagnæan Institute

In November last year, HRH Prince Joachim, younger son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, visited th…

2018.12.03

Guðmundar Saga B Released

Part 2 of Guðmundar sögur biskups (Sagas of the Bishop Gudmund) has just been published in Editione…

2018.11.19

Annette Lassen awarded Research Prize for 2018

Annette Lassen, associate professor at the University of Copenhagen, is to be awarded the Einar…

2018.11.19

Matthew Driscoll awarded Honorary Prize for 2018

Matthew Driscoll, Professor of Old Norse Philology at the University of Copenhagen, is to be awarde…

Manuscript of the Month

2018.11.14

Rasmus Rask's Investigation Turns 200 in 2018

Rasmus Rask's foundational text on the origin of Icelandic was originally written as a prize essay.…

Digitisation

2018.11.09

Images of Manuscripts in NorS Digital Collections

In addition to the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection, the Arnamagnæan Institute also holds one of…

Manuscript of the Month

2018.10.15

Notes from the Sixteenth Century: AM 828 4to

For the most part, AM 828 4to contains critical notes and commentaries about classical works by the…

Manuscript of the Month

2018.09.14

AM 673 b 4to: The Oldest manuscript of medieval Scandinavia's most prolific poetic form

20 September is the feast of St. Eustace in the Western Christian calendar and this month’s…

2018.09.06

Materiality of Manuscripts

“Materiality of Manuscripts”: Call for Papers for sponsored sessions at the International Medieval…