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Stockholm, National Archives, Kopiesamling, vol. 40 (f.d. Avskriftsamling, nr. 12). Gödik Fincke's copybook 1594–1595, 1597
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Gödik Fincke's copybook. The manuscript contains two separate sections: The first is a fragment of a copybook for
the years 1594–1595 and the second a
copybook for the year 1597.
the years 1594–1595 and the second a
copybook for the year 1597.
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Formaatti
Paper
Kieli
Swedish
Finnish
Identifiointitunnus
Stockholm
National Archives
Kopiesamling, vol. 40
f.d. Avskriftsamling, nr. 12
National Archives
Kopiesamling, vol. 40
f.d. Avskriftsamling, nr. 12
Kattavuus
Finland
Savonlinna
Stockholm, National Archives, Kopiesamling, vol. 40 (f.d. Avskriftsamling, nr. 12).
Gödik Fincke's copybook 1594–1595, 1597
1594–1595
, 1597
,
Finland
, Savonlinna
Gödik Fincke
's copybook
. The
manuscript contains two separate sections: The first is a fragment of a copybook for
the years 1594–1595
and the second a
copybook for the year 1597
.I:
Fols. 1–7 (last one foliated 104): A collection of individual letters to and from
Gödik Fincke
, 1594–1595.II:
Fols. 1–205: Contains copies of letters mainly from
1597
but
also some from 1596. Several copies include information about the letter's arrival
date and who was the carrier. Heading pasted on a modern added leaf (in a hand of
saec. XVIII
): ‘No
7, Copie Book Ånno 1597 Innehållandes åthskillige
Rijksens Rådz, och föreståndarens i finland, sin emellan wäxlade breef och rådsla,
om den emellan krigz folket och allmogen i finland upkomne oenigheetz afbörjande,
med annat mehre’. In addition to the letters, there are royal decrees,
administrative documents, and short accounts of reports given orally (for example,
fol. –v). At least fol. 192 appears to be an original. Several are
edited in Grönblad 1843–1846, häfde 2
, in chronological order and
without naming the leaf from which they were taken. (a letter to
Arvid Henriksson Tawast
from
Gödik Fincke
, 31 December
1596
) Minn brodelige och wänlig helsen medh gudh alzmechtigh --- käre bror
Arfuidt ... (fols. –, a text in
Finnish
entitled ‘Alennmaisten toiuotus’) ...
... aff Abo slot then 17 octobris anno 97.Paper
I: ii + 7; II: i + 205 + i folios.
20-21cm × 32,5-34cm
20-21cm × 32,5-34cm
Modern foliation in pencil in the upper right margin.
The binding has been renewed and is too tight to allow an accurate
collation of the manuscript. However, there are quires of different types, and
the quality of paper as well as the size of the folia varies somewhat between
the different sections.
Catchwords appear only occasionally in the lower margin.
There are two modern flyleaves in the beginning, one between the parts
and one at the end of the manuscript.
II: the lower half of fols. 9, 14
have been cut (no text losses). Fol. 116a is a smaller slip entered between
fols. 116 and 117. Fol. 186 is a small slip. Stubs are visible between fols. 33
and 34, 50 and 51 (no text missing).
The manuscript has suffered various
damage and has been heavily conserved. Several leaves have been conserved with a
light coloured paper and/or have become loose and are now attached to the
binding with guards. There is considerable fraying around the edges and in some
places the leaves have been trimmed or damaged causing text losses. On occasion,
the tightness of the binding also renders it difficult to read all of the
text.
One unruled column with a varying number of lines.
Several main hands writing cursive scripts. One main hand mostly responsible until
fol. (this hand also appears in the copybook for years 1598–1599;
Stockholm, National Archives, Kopiesamling I , vol. 41 (f.d.
Avskriftsamling, avd. I nr. 13)
); after that a few other scribes also
contribute regularly (at least one is also seen in the copybook for years
1598–1599).Occasional simple pen-drawn initials at the start of the documents.
Brown leather over pasteboard. The binding has been heavily restored: the edges and
spine are rebacked in light brown leather. A strip of leather sewn to the back cover
is probably the remains of a strap or clasp used to close the book. Near the spine
on the front cover a few thin straps of leather and a hole are the remnants of a
catch. On the front cover, in a hand of
saec. XVI
: ‘Copie boock Anno 1597’. Modern paper pastedowns.The manuscript contains two parts (I and II), which were probably separate
units originally. Both contain copies of correspondence (and other documents)
related to
Gödik Fincke
(1546–1617), and they were written as part of his
administrative duties as steward (stathållare
) in Savonlinna
1581–1599. Part I is a collection of documents from 1594–1595
, and part II a
copybook mostly relating to the year 1597
. Since the title on the binding mentions
only that year 1597, it seems likely that part I was a later addition.Part II
was probably written relatively soon after the originals were send/received. There
are several scribes responsible for the copying (presumably working at the castle).
The copying process does not seem to have been carefully coordinated: there is no
foliation, few running headings, catchwords, or other aids that would help to
organize the material. At least a few of the scribes also worked on Gödik Fincke's
copybook for the years 1598 and 1599 (
Stockholm, National Archives, Kopiesamling,
vol. 41
). The folder of the copybook for 1598 and 1599 also contains a number of
loose leaves; some of which, judging by their foliation ranging from 206 to 213, may
have originally been kept together with this copybook.The paper
pasted between parts I and II tells that the copybook was taken in
1706
from Kankas
estate to the Turku
court of appeal. The copybooks must have been in Kankas as a
result of the marriage between Gödik Fincke’s daughter Margareta
and Evert Horn till
Kankas
;
old shelf-mark ‘Kankas samling, no
7’.The manuscript was
apparently moved to the
Swedish National Archives
shortly after 1706, during the Great
Northern War. Older shelf-mark at the National Archives, ‘Avskriftsamlingen, avd. I, nr. 12’Cataloguer
Ville Walta
Finnish Literature Society (SKS)
Codices Fennici
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