Helsinki, National Archives, C 5:11/I, Court records for Kaakkois-Häme, 1443–1502 Cataloguer Ville Walta Finnish Literature Society (SKS) Codices Fennici Creative Commons BY 4.0 Helsinki National Archives C 5:11/I Court records for Kaakkois-Häme, 1443–1502 Saec. XVI ex.–XVII in.; XVIII in., Kaakkois-Häme Court records for Kaakkois-Häme, 1443–1502. Edited in Hausen 1881, 1–123 (who refers to the foliation starting from fol. 5; here the modern foliation is followed instead). The first five leaves contain copies of court records of date between 1460 and 1494. They were copied in saec. XVIII in. and omitted by Hausen from his edition.

I:

Fols. 1r–4r (in a 18th-cent. hand): Court records from Tennilä, Asikkala, Padasjoki between 1460 and 1494 (not in chronological order).

[1r] Anno domini MCDLX ipso die beata Katharina [virginis?] thå war lagmansting och skatteting I teiunila ... [4r] ... Af Biörn ragualddssons och hans Kersons domar. (fol. 4v is blank.)

II:

Fols. 5r–53r: Courts records for Kaakkois-Häme of date between 1443 and 1502. Edited in Hausen 1881, 1–123. The records are arranged according to place, but not necessarily by date.

[5r] Asickala sochnn. Anno domini 1477 fredagen näst S. Margarete dagh ... [53r] ... Peer simonsson, Erich Hussah.

Fols. 9v, 10v, 21v, 24r, 30r–v, 36v, 40r–v, 49v, 51v–52r and 53v are blank. Fols. 22v, 24v and 26v only contain short unrelated additions.

 Paper 53 fols. 20,5 32,5 Text area varies Pagination in ink in the upper margin starting from fol. 5. Modern, stamped or typewritten foliation in the lower margin. II4; 2(IV-1)18 + III24 + IV32 + (IV-1)39; III45 + 2II53 Catchwords in the lower margins of the verso leaves.

Judging from these catchwords leaves are missing after fols. 19, 23.

The manuscript is composed of parts written at different times: fols. 1–4 probably during saec. XVIII, fols. 41–44 during saec. XVI, and the rest during saec. XVII. The manuscript is in relatively good condition. Several leaves have been repaired, especially around the edges, using a lining tissue. It is uncertain whether the current quire construction respects the original or has been created during the rebinding. Most leaves have been strengthened with paper in the gutter.

The watermarks are different between the sections written by different hands.

 One column, no ruling; number of lines varies.

Three scribes writing cursives of date between saec. XVI and XVIII. Hand I (fols. 1r–4r) wrote in saec. XVIII; hand II (fols. 5r–39v, 45r–53r) wrote a very carefully executed and petite script, probably from the beginning of saec. XVII; Hand II (fols. 41r–44v) wrote in a somewhat less formal, but still practised script, probably from the end of saec. XVI. (Hausen 1881 argued that the manuscript was written by one hand at the beginning of saec. XVI; a more accurate summary is found in Pirinen 1947, 68).

No decoration. The layout and other features serve practical purposes.

Modern cardboard covers.

The manuscript contains copies of court records from the Kaakkois-Häme area. It is a compilation done at different times. According to Pirinen (1947, 79) the choice of documents shows that the manuscript was originally copied in Porkkala and later held in Kankais manor. Mostly the sections seem to be complementary, but there is some overlap: for example, fol. 3r–v (written later) contain records also found on fol. 5r, the work of another hand; and fol. 42v contains a record also found on fol. 19r. The organization of the book, as well as certain notes referring to its sources, suggests that the manuscript was not a copy of a single medieval source but rather a compilation from various sources (see Pirinen 1947, 69).

At the beginning of the18th century it was passed from Kankais manor to Kurjala, where it was held by Kustaa Erik Tavast (d. 1731).

Fol. 14v: ‘af heredhshöfding Erick Axcellsons dom book. denne Ofwan stående doms inne håld är ljka lydande ifrån ord uth skriffwn. Mavechmas d. 6 October 1747. Carl Christ. Eneman’ (Hausen 1881, 28). The reference is to Erik Axelsson Tott (see Pirinen 1947, 70). Carl Eneman was a captain who owned goods in Maavehma. He may have borrowed the manuscript while it was located in Kurjala (Pirinen 1947, 80).

The manuscript seems to have been passed on between officials and added to for centuries. It came to the National Archives in 1862 in the collection sold by J. F. Stichaeus; since he was the governor of Häme he had perhaps received it ex officio (Pirinen 1947, 79).

 Reinhold Hausen, Bidrag till Finlands historia 1, Helsingfors 1881, I–II. Kauko Pirinen, “Suomen keskiaikaiset arkistot”, Historiallinen Arkisto 52 (1947), 67–70. Encoding added