Return of cultural property. Summaries
The protracted negotiations concerning the return of medieval manuscripts to Iceland from Danish collections is the classic restitution case in Scandinavia. The case is dealt with in three contributions mirroring both the Icelandic and Danish views on the controversy. Vesteinn Ólason in his paper ’T...
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ftosloiunivojs:oai:ojs.www.journals.uio.no:article/3466 2023-05-15T16:49:19+02:00 Return of cultural property. Summaries Ågren, Per-Uno 2016-08-01 application/pdf https://journals.uio.no/museolog/article/view/3466 https://doi.org/10.5617/nm.3466 eng eng University of Oslo Library https://journals.uio.no/museolog/article/view/3466/2967 https://journals.uio.no/museolog/article/view/3466 doi:10.5617/nm.3466 Nordisk Museologi; Nr 2 (2002); 58 Nordisk Museologi; No. 2 (2002); 58 2002-0503 1103-8152 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2016 ftosloiunivojs https://doi.org/10.5617/nm.3466 2022-04-22T05:15:22Z The protracted negotiations concerning the return of medieval manuscripts to Iceland from Danish collections is the classic restitution case in Scandinavia. The case is dealt with in three contributions mirroring both the Icelandic and Danish views on the controversy. Vesteinn Ólason in his paper ’The homecoming of the manuscripts in a scholarly and ideological perspective’ gives a brief overview of the number of manuscripts, their history and the considerations that finally settled the issue. The manuscripts dating from the period 1200–1500 are the oldest written sources of Norse language and literature. As early as the 17th century they began to attract the attention and curiosity of scholars who were studying the development and differentiation of old Norse into the various Scandinavian languages, medieval Scandinavian history and literary traditions. The manuscripts were assembled by ardent collectors and taken to Denmark and Sweden. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Oslo (UiO): FRITT (E-Journals) Nordisk Museologi 2 58 |
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The protracted negotiations concerning the return of medieval manuscripts to Iceland from Danish collections is the classic restitution case in Scandinavia. The case is dealt with in three contributions mirroring both the Icelandic and Danish views on the controversy. Vesteinn Ólason in his paper ’The homecoming of the manuscripts in a scholarly and ideological perspective’ gives a brief overview of the number of manuscripts, their history and the considerations that finally settled the issue. The manuscripts dating from the period 1200–1500 are the oldest written sources of Norse language and literature. As early as the 17th century they began to attract the attention and curiosity of scholars who were studying the development and differentiation of old Norse into the various Scandinavian languages, medieval Scandinavian history and literary traditions. The manuscripts were assembled by ardent collectors and taken to Denmark and Sweden. |
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