Researchers have determined that an ancient book with songs dedicated to Saints and Mother Mary is the oldest surviving ...

A remarkable manuscript bound in furry seal skin has emerged as potentially Norway's oldest surviving book, offering unprecedented insights into medieval Christian life in Scandinavia. The eight-page ...

Science Norway reports that a family has handed over a rare medieval book containing eight surviving pages to the National Library of Norway. Family tradition over the generations states that the book ...

A sealskin-bound hymnbook may be Norway’s oldest book, offering rare insight into medieval craftsmanship and early religious ...

OSLO, Norway It may sound like an unlikely No. 1 best-seller for any country, but in Norway one of the most secular nations in an increasingly godless Europe the runaway popularity of the Bible has ...

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Knut Hamsun, 83, No. 1 Norwegian novelist and No. 1 intellectual pro-Nazi, had always bruised easily. So when Norwegians heard that he had suffered a stroke, some thought they knew the reason. For ...

Experts at the National Library of Norway believe the liturgical songbook was made by a local artisan around A.D. 1200.