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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 “
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26. March 2025
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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12. December 2024
The webzine Mannamál has been launched
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