Uppsala, University Library, K 12a. A compilation of sources relating to Finland Cataloguer Ville Walta Finnish Literature Society (SKS) Codices Fennici Creative Commons BY 4.0 Uppsala University Library K 12a End of saec. XVI (after 1593) / beginning of saec. XVII, Turku Documents and other sources relating to Finland

Headline on page 1: Een aff copiall på Gamble konungars breff, Statuter och Recesser, sampt medh Biscopers breff och samtycker.

Pp. 1–2: Annalistic notes 1040–1593. Ed. Sainio 1952, 344–345.

[1] (after the above mentioned headline) Anno etc. domini Mccclxxij obijt Rome S. Birgitta ... [2] ... (1593) altero pede solum relicto.

Pp. 3–4: Punishments for serious crimes (<hi rend="italic">Om högmelis ogerninga</hi>), ed. Sainio 1952, 349–350.

[3] Constitutio Archepiscopi Vpsalensis et omnium suffraganeorum eius, et omnium consiliorum regni Suecie, perpetue obseruanda circa animaduersioem enormium Criminum. Åren effter Gudz byrd mcdxxxix ... [4] ... skall stånda eller eij.

Pp. 5–30: Documents concerning the diocese of Turku. Several also appear in Registrum Ecclesiae Aboensis, see Sainio 1952, 343.

[5] De decimis Alandesium (REA 103). Hemingius permissione diuina Episcopus Aboense ... anno etc. mcccxlij die Corporis Christi. M: Petri Archepiscopi de decimis (REA 82). Uniuersis presentes litteras inspecturis frater petrus ... [6] ... datum anno etc. supradicto [= mcccxxxv]. Idem (REA 85). Benedictus dei gratia episcopus Aboensis ... [7] ... Anno domini Mcccxxxvi, 3o nonas martij nostro sub sigillo. De foremark (REA 125). Magnus Dei gratia Rex Suecie ... Anno domini mcccxlvi feria 2a infra octavas Natiuitatis beate virginis. De suspectis decimationum ( REA 123). Magnus Dei gratia Suecie ... Abo anno domini [8] mcccxlvij feria 3a ante Natiuitatem beate virginis. Anno domini tractata sunt haec infra scripta inter Clerum et communitatem in Alandia mcdxxiij (FMU 1735, 2596). Preste retter i Aland han haffuer i så måtto ... [10] ... peccatoris in expensis et labore. Nullus Clericus recedat de Diocesi sine consensus sui ordinarij (REA 151). Ne pro defectu clericorum dehinc ... Abo anno domini mccclij x calendas maij, sub sigillo nostro. Kyrw rätt som prestenom bör goras (REA 725). Först ij karpa korn aff preste kroken ... [12] ... eller een strukin span. Quod rustici trabant sagenna quando Episcopus visitat (REA 119). Magnus Dei gratia rex Sueciae ... Anno domini mcccxlvij die beati Egidij Abbatis. Item vbi habitauerat qui moritur ... dentur iij oras curato. [13] De modo decimandi Karelen (REA 110). Wy Magnus mz Gudz nådhe ... [14] ... epter herrans byrd mcccxxxv på Wåfrw dag nativitatis. [15] Forma iuramenti militaris olim Suecie habita (ed. Sainio 1952, 350) Jagh bidher mig ... så hielpe migh Gudh. Om Rijkzens rådz frid i Konungs balker (ed. Sainio 1952, 350) Åren effter Gudz byrd mcccxlviij om Sancte Catherine dag i Stockholm ... [16] ... Konungz hemdt och wredhe. Statuta Episcopi Heningij(!) Aboensis (FMU 624). Anno etc. domini mccclij Hemingius ... [19] ... vt prius in Statuti Sabinensis et prouincialibus. Vale. [20] Nådha breff om femte röken, som affslås, för thz som vnder kyrckion och frelsit kommit är (REA 460). Wij Oleff medh Gudz nådhe Erkebisp i Upsala ... [21] ... Stockholm Anno domini mcdxxxvi ipso die S. Johannis Baptista. [22] Nådha breff om tridningen (REA 459). Wij oleff med Gudz nådhe Erkepiscob i Vpsala ... Anno domini mcdxxxvj Ipso die S. Johannis Baptistae. [23] Litterae Christophori Regis Swecie de priuilegijs Aboensibus Concessis (REA 498). Christophorus dei gratia Swecie ... [25] ... die exaltationis S. Crucis Anno domini mcdxli Anno regni nostri Swecie anno primo. [26] Literae Christierni regis Swecie de libertate Ecclesiae (cf. REA 583). Wij Christiern med Gudz nådhe ... [29] ... Anno domini mcdlvij. [30] (imperf.; cf. REA 1111) Wij Magnus medh Gudz nådh Swerigis ... gör twå bagaskin sinom|

 Paper 15 folios. 15 21 13-13,5 16-16,5 Modern pagination (1–30) in ink in the upper margin. Modern foliation in pencil (1–15) in the upper margin. IV8 + (IV-1)15

Last leaf has been cut, with loss of text to the last document.

The manuscript is in good condition. There is only slight fraying along the edges and some dirt on the pages.

 One unruled column with 24-29 lines of text.

One main hand writing a rather formal cursive of saec. XVI.

Headlines with a different lettering. Apart from this, no decoration.

Modern cardboard covers. A paper label pasted on the spine with the shelf-mark. One modern flyleaf added to the beginning of the manuscript.

The manuscript is written by a single scribe and consists of documents relating to Turku and its cathedral. Since the last entry in the annals at the beginning of the manuscript mentions a fire in 1593, it is likely that the manuscript was written soon after this date. According to Sainio (1952, 345–347) the copying could have been done by a cleric from Turku on behalf of Johannes Messenius (d. 1636), who seems to have used the charters and annals in his rhymed chronicles.

However, this was not necessarily the case, since another manuscript (Stockholm, National Library, A 942) contains the same set of documents along with some additional ones. According to Klockars (1960, 16–18) both manuscripts depend on the same, now lost copybook as a source. This is suggested by the fact that both display variants from the registries of Turku Cathedral (see REA), and add a document not known from other sources.

The later history of the manuscript is unknown.

Uppsala University Library’s shelf-mark ‘K 12a’ on the spine and inner front cover.

 FMU = Finlands medeltidsurkunder, 1–8, utg. Reinh. Hausen, Helsingfors 1910–1935. Simo Heininen, Suomalaisen historiankirjoituksen synty. Tutkimus Paavali Juustenin piispainkronikasta, Helsinki 1989, 33–34. Birgit Klockars, Biskop Hemming av Åbo, Helsingfors 1960, 16–18. REA = Registrum ecclesiae Aboensis eller Åbo domkyrkas svartbok, utg. Reinhold Hausen, Helsingfors 1890. Matti A. Sainio, “Eräs turkulaisperäinen lähdekokoelma”, Ramus Virens. In honorem Aarno Maliniemi, Forssa 1952, 342–350. Encoding added