Goodbye Lund!

As a final day treat, I requested to visit the archives of Lund University Library, in particular the Papyrus Collection, due to my interest in egyptology. Eva Nylander was my guide for today and she showed me some amazing manuscripts, including Necrologium Lundense, the oldest handwritten manuscript in Scandinavia that still exists.



Necrologium Lundense


The Papyrus collection consists of about 800 fragments, ranging from around 300 BC to 300 AD. A digital collection is available.

I also saw a very famous book about a dream, which is a bit of a mystery because nobody knows who wrote it!

To finish, I was shown some manuscripts relating to the UK contained within the De la Gardie archive. This includes a letter of proposal from King Erik of Sweden to Queen Elizabeth I.

My netbook's about to run out of battery and I have a slow internet connection here but will add some more photos from the archive next week.