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Codex Scardensis, one of Iceland's great medieval manuscripts, holds stories of the apostles and a layered ownership history stretching across centuries and borders.
Held for centuries in a southern Icelandic convent, Kirkjubæjarbók gathers rare poetic and prose accounts of women saints, offering a glimpse into religious life before the Reformation.
With entries spanning from the early centuries to the fourteenth century, the Skálholt annals and their fragment record the passage of time, collaboration, and change in Iceland’s written memory.
A precious treasure of Icelandic literature, Ormsbók vanished in a 17th-century castle fire but survives through copies and scholarly references, offering glimpses of a unique manuscript era.
AM 738 4to, known for its elongated shape and colourful art, gathers Norse mythology, Christian poetry and 17th-century Icelandic verse in a single hand-made volume.
In the heart of Reykjavík, the Árni Magnússon Institute safeguards centuries of Icelandic manuscripts and nurtures research into the nation's language, literature and culture.
Written in the 14th century at Reynistaðar nunnery, Reynistaðarbók preserves rare Old Norse texts and reveals insights into medieval learning, faith and daily life in Iceland.
