Árni Magnússon, an early-modern collector of medieval manuscripts
The article provides an overview of the life and work of the Icelandic scholar Árni Magnússon (1663-1730), collector of manuscripts and professor of history at the University of Copenhagen. He started collecting Icelandic manuscripts as a young man and his collection is now the basis for all researc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2015-12-01
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| Series: | Tabularia |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/tabularia/2218 |
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| Summary: | The article provides an overview of the life and work of the Icelandic scholar Árni Magnússon (1663-1730), collector of manuscripts and professor of history at the University of Copenhagen. He started collecting Icelandic manuscripts as a young man and his collection is now the basis for all research on Medieval Iceland. It also contains Norwegian and Danish medieval manuscripts, as well as more recent Icelandic ones. |
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| ISSN: | 1630-7364 |