: The Publications of the Arnamagnæan Commission 1772–1936
The Arnamagnæan Collection takes it name from Professor Árni Magnússon (1663–1730), whose collection of Icelandic and other early Scandinavian manuscripts is among the largest and most important in the world. In his will he left the collection and a small bequest to the University of Copenhagen, stipulating that students should be set to work editing the texts. In 1772 a Royal Commission was established to oversee this work. The lecture concentrates on the early work of the Commission, the choice of texts to be edited, the editorial principles employed and problems encountered, as well as the reception of the works published in the period 1772 to 1936. Article