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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-1d1ab97c04344472885fca39e77c2b722025-01-06T13:08:42ZengOpenEditionTabularia1630-73642015-12-0110.4000/tabularia.2218Árni Magnússon, an early-modern collector of medieval manuscriptsMár JónssonThe 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.https://journals.openedition.org/tabularia/2218medieval manuscripthistory of scholarshipearly modern intellectual historyicelandic historyMagnússon (Árni)Magnæus (Arnas) |
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| title | Árni Magnússon, an early-modern collector of medieval manuscripts |
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| title_short | Árni Magnússon, an early-modern collector of medieval manuscripts |
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| topic | medieval manuscript history of scholarship early modern intellectual history icelandic history Magnússon (Árni) Magnæus (Arnas) |
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