Martin Schøyen

Martin Schøyen (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 Schøyen Collection, contains more than 13,000 manuscript items, the oldest book is about 5,000 years old.

In 2012 he was forced to sell 60 manuscripts at Sothebys because of the Norwegian wealth tax. In 2024 further sales took place. Provided by Wikipedia
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Ur III Texts in the Schøyen Collection /
Participants: Dahl, Jacob L., [ VerfasserIn, VerfasserIn ]; Owen, David I., [ MitwirkendeR, MitwirkendeR ]; Schøyen, Martin, [ MitwirkendeR, MitwirkendeR ]; Schøyen, Martin, [ MitwirkendeR ]
Published: [2020]
Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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