Sixty-Six Manuscripts From the Arnamagnan Collection

This volume commemorates the three-hundred-fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the Icelandic scholar and antiquarian rni Magnsson, 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 Magnsson's life, complemented by high-quality color photographs, a comprehensive introduction to Magnsson's life, and a chapter on book production in the medieval period. Published in collaboration with the Arnamagnan Institute at the Department of Nordic Research, Copenhagen and the rni Magnsson Institute for Icelandic Studies, Reykjavk.