He started collecting books in 1955. Currently his private collection, the Schøyen Collection, contains more than 13,000 manuscript items, the oldest book is about 5,000 years old.
martin, schøyen, born, january, 1940, norwegian, businessman, traveller, historian, paleographer, collector, books, started, collecting, books, 1955, currently, private, collection, schøyen, collection, contains, more, than, manuscript, items, oldest, book, ab. Martin Schoyen born January 31 1940 is a Norwegian businessman traveller historian paleographer and collector of books He started collecting books in 1955 Currently his private collection the Schoyen Collection contains more than 13 000 manuscript items the oldest book is about 5 000 years old Some manuscripts EditBiblical manuscript in Coptic language dated to the 3rd century 1 2 15 Dead Sea Scrolls 3 Sumerian text from the 21st century B C Ur Nammu s law code 4 Babylonian calendar from 2000 1600 B C 5 Tutankhamun s signet ring MS 5236 an ancient Greek block print dating to the 6th century BCReferences Edit Martin Schoyen 20 november NRK 25 August 2006 Retrieved 23 March 2007 1 3 Coptic Bible The Schoyen Collection www schoyencollection com Retrieved 2020 06 30 At the Schoyen Collection At the Schoyen Collection Archived 2007 03 01 at the Wayback Machine At the Schoyen CollectionExternal links EditThe Schoyen Collection This Norwegian business biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Martin Schoyen amp oldid 965285703, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
