The Søren Kierkegaard Archives
Documentary heritage submitted by Denmark and recommended for inclusion in the Memory of the World Register in 1997.
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A page from the Inca Chronicle
The Royal Library Manuscript Department holds Denmark's largest collection of literary and artistic archives. The nominated documentary heritage includes as highlights: the manuscript and correspondence of Hans Christian Andersen; the Søren Kierkegaard Archives (manuscripts and personal papers); the Dalby Book (a Latin Gospel on parchment), the Inca Chronicle (Guaman Poma's hand-written chronicle), the Angers fragment (parts of Denmark's first national chronicle) and maps of the Polar Region.