Turku, Provincial Archives of Turku, von Gerdten suvun kokoelma, kansio n:o 2. Fragments of court records from Hollola and southern Finland (1564–1587) Cataloguer Ville Walta Finnish Literature Society (SKS) Codices Fennici Creative Commons BY 4.0 Turku Provincial Archives of Turku von Gerdten suvun kokoelma Kansio n:o 2 Saec. XVI2, southern Finland Fragments of court records from Hollola and southern Finland, mostly from 1564–1587The fragments seem to have belonged to at least three separate manuscripts.

I. Transcripts of medieval court records, 1465–1484 (copied in saec. XVI). One unnumbered leaf. First record corresponds with FMU 3616. One entry has been copied twice.

[1r] Anno domini Mcdlxxv sancte simonis judae affton ... [1v] ... emellan sysme och Jempse.

II. Court records from Hauho and Ylinen, 1564–1579.

1. Fols. 1–2: Two unnumbered and torn leaves containing court records from the 1560s and 1570s.

[1r] Fællis thesse Efterskreffne ...

2. Fols. 1–7: Court records from Hollola, Asikkala and Nyby, 1564.

[1r] [Ann]o domini 64 thenn 6 februarij Stodh ... aff Asickala [S]ochn ... [7v] ... han slogh per knuttzson ibidem.

3. Fol. 1: Court records from Asikkala, 1565. One unnumbered leaf.

[1r] Anno etc. 65 Then 8 --- tingh medh almoghen ... [1v] ... Sigffried Olsson Grelax(?)

4. Fol. 1: Court records from Tennilä, Padasjoki, Hollola, Hauho, Tuulos?, Sysmä?, 1570s.

[1r] ... och till sande baken(?) igen opå ... ähr wnden taghit ther omkringh. (fol. 1v is blank)

5. Fols. 4r–94v: Court records from Hauho and Ylinen, 1576. Fols. 1–3 are missing; several other numbers skipped/missing (see below).

[4r] Kåm för rätte Erich Jönsson Sappis och giorde ... [94v] ... sachoris penninger 624 marker.

6. Fols. 4r–55r: Courts records, 1577 (imperf.). Fols. 1–3 are missing. Fols. 31, 35, 42, 51, 57, 71–81 are missing. Fol. 52 is a smaller slip entered before fol. 53; fol. 66 is a small slip entered before fol. 67.

[4r] ---kom före Oluff henrichsson ... [55r] ... dabit 3 marker 2 öre. (fol. 55v is blank).

7. Fols. 1r–55v: Court sessions from Hauho and Ylinen, 1578.

[1r] Sysmä Sochnn. Anno etc. 1578 Thenn 3 Aprilis ... [55v] ... 291 marker 5 öre 8 örtunger.

8. Fols. 1r–50v: Court sessions from Hauho and Ylinen, 1579. Several leaves are missing.

[1r] ---Sochn Anno etc. 1579 Thenn 19 februarij ... (fol. 25v is blank) ... [50v] ... kåckila soch till ---nz--- (fol. 51 is blank).

III: Court records from southern Finland, 1585–1587

1. Fols. 1–30: Fragments from court records 1585–1587, from sessions presided over by Jören Boye (Hauho, Rautalampi, Pälkäne, Saarioinen, Kalvola, Hattula, Lehijärvi, Renko, Marttila, Lieto, Kaarina, Piikkiö, Paimio, Sauvo, Muurla).

[1r] Anno etc. 1585 Then 1--- hult jagh Jorenn Boye tyll siennäs – wdhi Swdra finne lagsagw ... Hawghå sochn ... (several blank pages) ... [30v] ... wdi träthe(?) waridt haffuer.

2. Fols. 1–2: Fragments from court records of saec. XVII.

 Paper Part I: 1 folios; part II.1–8: 2 + 7 + 1 + 1 +74 + 39 + 55 + 42 folios; part III.1–2: 30 + 2 folios. Size and text area varies. Part II: Some folders (II.5–8) show two sets of modern foliation: one in the upper margin of the Japanese paper; another in the lower margin of each leaf’s verso. Both foliations skip several leaves (in II.5 the foliation includes leaves 4–27, 30, 32–34, 36–41, 43–50, 52–56, 58–70, 82–94; in II.6, leaves 4–6, 26–43, 43a, 43b, 44, 44a, 45, 45a, 45b, 46–53, 54a, 54b, 55; in II.7, leaves 1–55; and in II.8, leaves 1–3, 6–20, 23–28, 31–38, 41–49, 51). The second foliation shows numbers ranging between 31 and 235. It does not proceed in sequence. The foliation seems to be part of some work of reconstruction, which has tried to account for lost leaves.

The collection contains fragments of at least three distinct collections. The fragments in part II are closely related and one scribe is mostly responsible for the writing, but they were not necessarily all bound within the same covers. The collection contains both bifolia and singletons. Most have been heavily conserved using Japanese paper.

II.5: fols. 14 and 15 are smaller slips entered before fol. 16. The text contains several corrections and cancellations, which suggest it is a draft. II.6: leaves heavily conserved. II.8: fol. 28 placed before fol. 41. Fol. 51 is badly torn.

 One column with a varying number of lines.

I: One hand writing a cursive of saec. XVI.

II.1–8: one main hand writing a cursive of saec. XVI. A few additional contemporary cursive hands supplied shorter stints on the first leaves.

III: three hands writing cursives of saec. XVI.

No decoration.

Unbound fragments kept loose in modern folders or in modern bindings.

The collection has three main parts, which probably stem from different sources. Part II can be connected to Per Sigfriedsson Tandefelt, who functioned as a scribe and lagman from the 1560s to 1580s. In several instances the writing seems to have been done quickly, and on some leaves there is a considerable quantity of cancellations, corrections and additions. The result has the character of a draft rather than a fair copy.

The court records are formed of singletons and bifolia, which have been arranged into chronological order at the archives. In uncertain cases, the page numbers have been marked with square brackets.

At least a part of the collection was kept at the manor of Koskipää at the beginning of saec. XIX. The manor had belonged to the Tandefelt family but came to the Gerdten family through marriage. The fragments were donated to the Historical Museum of Turku in 1909 and was deposited in the Maakunta-arkisto (Provincial Archives) in 1934.

 Unpublished catalogue entry available at the archives. Encoding added