10.6084/m9.figshare.156086.v1 Bertil Fabricius Dorch Bertil Fabricius Dorch Letter from Thomas Bugge, the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (1810) figshare 2013 language danish history islandic Rasmus Rask Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters astronomy History Literature 2013-02-07 22:03:45 Figure https://figshare.com/articles/figure/Letter_from_Thomas_Bugge_the_Royal_Danish_Academy_of_Sciences_and_Letters_1810_/156086 <p>From a preprint by Frans Gregersen (2013) at the LANCHART Centre, Copenhagen: The image shows question posed in 1810 by the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (Professor of astronomy Bugge). At the top the Danish version: “At undersøge med historisk Critik, og oplyse med passende Exempler, af hvilken Kilde det gamle skandinaviske Sprog sikkrest kan udledes; at angive Sprogets Charakteer og det Forhold, hvori det fra ældre Tider og igiennem Middelalderen har staaet, deels til Nordiske, deels til Germaniske Dialecter; samt nøyagtigen at bestemme de Grundsætninger, hvorpaa al Udledelse og Sammenligning i disse Tungemaal bör bygges.” – For the two trans­lations cf. the present text. After the signatures there is a message from the Secretary (Thomas Bugge) who asks the Professor of Latin, Børge Thorlacius, to add a Latin version which is the easily readable version below.</p>