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The Institute
The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies is an independently funded academic research institute at the University of Iceland, operating under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, Innovation and Higher Education. Its role is to:
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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.”
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Dating Historical Paper
Currently, researchers are using FTIR spectroscopy (Fourier-Transform Infrared spectroscopy) to determine the age of seventeenth-century paper.
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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
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