Denmark, Iceland clash over priceless mediaeval manuscripts
A close-up view of a book from the Arnamagnaean Collection at the University of Copenhagen. Each time a document from the collection is borrowed from the university, it is insured for up to five million kroner . – EPA pic, November 10, 2019.
THEY recount tales of Viking raids, Norse history, kings and gods: a priceless collection of mediaeval manuscripts, bequeathed by an Icelandic scholar to the University of Copenhagen in the 18th century, that Iceland now wants back. The UN cultural organisation Unesco has called them “the single most important collection of early Scandinavian manuscripts in existence”, with the earliest one dating from the 12th century.
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