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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Main Author: Már Jónsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: OpenEdition 2015-12-01
Series:Tabularia
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/tabularia/2218
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