Árni Magnússon, an early-modern collector of medieval manuscripts

• Published in: Tabularia
• Main Author: Jónsson, Már
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: CRAHAM - Centre Michel de Boüard 2016
• Subjects: manuscrit médiéval; histoire de l’érudition; histoire intellectuelle du début de l’époque moderne; histoire islandaise; Árni Magnússon; Arnas Magnæus; medieval manuscript; history of scholarship; early modern intellectual history; icelandic history; Magnússon (Árni); Magnæus (Arnas); manoscritti medievali; storia dell’erudizione; storia intellettuale dell’epoca moderna; storia islandese; hist; hisphilso; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4000/tabularia.2218; http://journals.openedition.org/tabularia/2218

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. Questo articolo offre uno squarcio sulla vita e l’opera dell’intellettuale islandese Árni Magnússon (1663-1730), collezionista di manoscritti e professore di storia all’Università di Copenhagen. Quando ancòra era giovane, cominciò a raccogliere manoscritti islandesi. La sua collezione è attualmente alla base di tutte le ricerche sull’Islanda medievale. La collezione comprende anche manoscritti norvegesi e danesi, nonché codici islandesi più recenti. L’article donne un aperçu de la vie et de l’œuvre du savant islandais Árni Magnússon (1663-1730), collectionneur de manuscrits et professeur d’histoire à l’Université de Copenhague. Alors qu’il était encore un jeune homme, il a commencé à recueillir des manuscrits islandais. Sa collection est maintenant la base de toute recherche sur l’Islande médiévale. Elle comprend également des manuscrits médiévaux norvégiens et danois, ainsi que des manuscrits islandais plus récents.