Helsinki, National Archives, C 5:11/I. Court records for Kaakkois-Häme, 1443–1502

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Court records for Kaakkois-Häme, 1443–1502.

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Codices Fennici

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1585-1615; 1715

Saec. XVI ex. - XVII in.; Saec. XVIII in.

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C 5:11/I

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Kaakkois-Häme

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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.

Fols.

–

(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.

–

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.

–

and

are blank. Fols.

and

only contain short unrelated additions.

Paper

53 fols.
20,5cm × 32,5cm

Pagination in ink in the upper margin starting from fol. 5. Modern, stamped or typewritten foliation in the lower margin.

; 2(IV-1)

+ III

+ IV

+ (IV-1)

; III

+ 2II

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.

–

) wrote in

saec. XVIII

; hand II (fols.

–

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.

–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

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

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.

Cataloguer

Ville Walta

Finnish Literature Society (SKS)

Codices Fennici

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