Martin Schøyen

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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 above 13 000 manuscript items, the oldest book is about 5000 years old.

Some manuscripts

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