66 manuscripts from the Arnamagnæan Collection

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9788763542647
This volume commemorates the three-hundred-fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the Icelandic scholar and antiquarian Árni Magnússon, who served as secretary of the Royal Archives and professor of Danish antiquities at the University of Copenhagen, in addition to building the most important collection of early Scandinavian manuscripts in existence.   
The book presents descriptions of sixty-six manuscripts from the collection, one for each year of Magnússon's life, complemented by high-quality color photographs, a comprehensive introduction to Magnússon's life, and a chapter on book production in the medieval period.   
Published in collaboration with the Arnamagnæan Institute at the Department of Nordic Research, Copenhagen and the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, Reykjavík.   
Matthew J. Driscoll is a senior lecturer in Old Norse philology at the University of Copenhagen and head of the Arnamagnæan Institute.   
Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir is head of the Manuscript Department at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies in Reykjavík, Iceland.
Specifikationer
Forlag Museum Tusculanums Forlag
Indbinding Hardback
Varegruppe Historie & Mytologi
Ekspedition DBK
Udgivelsesdato 19. feb. 2015
Sideantal 248
Bredde 204
Højde 256
Dybde 26
Vægt 1122
Første udgave 2015
Oplagsdato 19. feb. 2015
Oplag 1
Udgave 1
ISBN-13 9788763542647
ISBN-10 8763542641
EAN 9788763542647
Sprog eng
Orignalsprog eng
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