Notes, undated.

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Notes, undated.

Paleographic extracts, annotations, and notes deciphering runic inscriptions; commentaries on Teutsche orthographia und Orthotonia; and descriptions and interpretations of the inscriptions on the Golden Horn from Gallehus, discovered in 1639, with marginal notes. Extracts are from works on ancient Greek and runic inscriptions.

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Cornell University Library

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Finnur Magnússon, 1781-1847.

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Finnur Magnússon (1781–1847) was an Icelandic archaeologist and scholar. In 1819, he was appointed professor at the University of Copenhagen and in 1842 made the "Keeper of the Archives." An authority on Norse literature and mythology, he is best remembered for his translation of Elder Edda . Magnússon also claimed to have deciphered a Runamo inscription in Sweden, however, this claim was a subject of controversy and was later disproved. From the guide to the Finnur Magnússon Noteboo...