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7. July 2025 Call for papers − Orð og tunga 2026

The linguistic journal Orð og tunga is now accepting submissions. Manuscripts should be submitted to the editors by October 15th, 2025, for publication in the 2026 issue.

3. July 2025 Conference on Historical Paper and Watermarks in Digital Collections

From June 19th to 21st 2025, The 8th International Conference on Watermarks in Digital Collections was held at Edda in Reykjavik.

Overview inside exhibition space. On top of white tables are glass cases. Within them are green boxes that frame old manuscripts. The far wall is filled from floor to ceiling with drawn images of landscapes, foliage and a raven in flight.

13. May 2025 The manuscript exhibition World in Words nominated for the Scottish Design Awards

The manuscript exhibition World in Words has been nominated for the Scottish Design Awards in the category “Experiential – Incorporating: Audiovisual, Graphic and Object-based Displays.”

The design studio Studio MB created the exhibition for The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies.

More information about the Scottish Design Awards and the nomination can be found here.

26. March 2025 Dating Historical Paper

Currently, researchers are using FTIR spectroscopy (Fourier-Transform Infrared spectroscopy) to determine the age of seventeenth-century paper.

This research is part of The Paper Cycle project, which seeks to expand scholarly knowledge of the paper used in Iceland in earlier times. The age determination is conducted in collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts in Austria.

Myndskreyting í skinnhandriti. tvær konur klæddar í þjóðbúning

14. March 2025 New manuscripts on World in words in Edda

Most of the manuscripts in the exhibition World in words have now been replaced. Among the new manuscripts on display are two important Skálholt books: on the one hand, an

23. January 2025 Snorri Sturluson Fellows 2025

On 23 September 1991, to commemorate 750 years since the death of Snorri Sturluson, the Icelandic government established a fellowship grant fund in his name. The fellows for this year have been announced.

Grey, concrete car park. A man pushes a stack of yellow and black boxes from the back of a black van. Two stacks of boxes are already on the floor and two policemen watch the proceedings.

16. January 2025 All Manuscripts Transferred to Edda

The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies has now completed the transfer of all the manuscripts in its care to its new secure storage facility in Edda.

9. January 2025 Word of the Year 2024

Each year, the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic studies selects the Word of the Year. Ten words are selected as representative of the year in some way, but the word deemed the most notable in 2024 is Hraunkæling (lava cooling).

18. December 2024 Gripla published

Gripla, an international peer-reviewed ISI journal of the Árni Magnússon Institute for Manuscript Studies, Literature, and Folklore, has been published with eleven academic articles and editions of shorter texts.

Talblaðra á hvítum grunni. Inni í talblöðrunni stendur "Mannamál" og undir henni stendur "Vefrit um íslensku og önnur mál".

12. December 2024 The webzine Mannamál has been launched

Book cover shows a round, green knot-pattern of lines, dragon heads and claws. The main title reads: The Prosimetrium of the Íslendingasögur.

2. December 2024 A New Book on The Relationship Between Poetry and Prose in the Íslendingasögur

The book "The Prosimetrum of the Íslendingasögur: Aesthetic and Narrative Effects" has just been published.

Ten black and white photos framed in hexagons, seemingly from various time periods. The photos are all of men.

28. November 2024 English Translation of the Rímur Poetry by Ten Kvæðamenn

The Rímur Poetry of Ten Kvæðamenn: Research on Variations is now available as an e-book, featuring audio examples of the poetry. he book recounts the collection and study of rímur performance by ten kvæðamenn between 1964 and 1971.