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Summer School

2018.07.31

Summer School in Scandinavian Manuscript Studies

The Arnamagnæan Institute organises an annual summer school in manuscript studies in cooperation…

Cultural Heritage

2018.07.06

Priceless manuscripts on loan to Iceland

Yesterday two manuscripts from the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection were flown to Iceland, where…

Manuscript of the Month

2018.06.17

Modern technology casts new light on old manuscripts

One of the treasures of the Arnamagnaean Collection is the manuscript AM 468 4to, which dates from…

Manuscript of the Month

2018.05.16

Sad remains of once proud books

Árni Magnússon made an effort to preserve every manuscript he could, even fragments. Among others A…

Indo-European languages

2018.05.09

New research shows how Indo-European languages spread across Asia

A new study has discovered that horses were first domesticated by descendants of hunter-gatherer…

Manuscript of the Month

2018.04.16

While we wait for Game of Thrones

Who needs Iron Thrones and dragon queens, when you have manuscripts from the 15th century? Dwarf…

Manuscript of the Month

2018.03.15

A Scribe’s Favourite Exemplum?

AM 578 i 4to is an Icelandic paper manuscript, which among other things contains a copy of the stor…

Manuscript of the Month

2018.02.15

A hand-written copy of a printed book

Among the more recent acquisitions of the Arnamagnæan manuscript collection in Copenhagen is a grou…

Manuscript of the Month

2018.01.15

The Law of Gotland in Danish Hands

The Arnamagnæan Collection contains a manuscript written in the medieval language of Gotland in the…

2017.12.05

Gold Medal for Rasmus Gudmundsen Bjørn

At the UCPH Annual Commemoration 17 November Rasmus Gudmundsen Bjørn was awarded a Gold Medal for…

2017.12.05

Research grant for James Alan Johnson from the Wenner Green Foundation

With the funding, James Johnson will be able to carry through excavations in Russia and have the…

Old Gutnish

2017.12.04

Seán Vrieland recommended for the PhD degree

Seán Douglas Vrieland has been recommended for the PhD degree after the succesful defence of his Ph…

Miracle of the Week

2017.11.17

The Sacristan Didn’t Light the Lamps

In the final instalment of Miracle of the Week. A sacristan learns that being frugal can have…

Manuscript of the Month

2017.11.15

Early Modern Translations into Latin and Manuscripts as Scholarly Editions: The Case of AM 922 4to

When Latin rather than English was the lingua franca in Europe, scholarly versions of Icelandic…

Miracle of the Week

2017.11.10

Oil flowed from the image of our Lady

This week we bring you a story of sacred oil which flows from a portrait of the Virgin Mary.

Miracle of the Week

2017.11.03

An image of Our Lady

This week we bring you a popular story of a miraculous portrait of the Virgin Mary.

Networking

2017.11.02

Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse

Over forty young researchers participated in the inaugural workshop of NECRON (the Network of Early…

Miracle of the Week

2017.10.20

An adulteress is reformed

In this week's miracle, the Virgin Mary teaches a scorned wife and an adulteress that there are mor…

Manuscript of the Month

2017.10.15

A Grab Bag of Early Modern Poetry

Numerous poetical miscellanies, written and collected in Iceland in the 17th and 18th centuries, ar…

Miracle of the Week

2017.10.13

The Feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

This week's miracle is found in many different traditions and name drops both William the…