Uppsala, Universitetsbibliotek, E 214. Register of St Sigfried’s altar in Turku Cathedral Cataloguer Ville Walta Finnish Literature Society (SKS) Codices Fennici Creative Commons BY 4.0 Uppsala University Library E 214 Saec. XVI, Turku(?) A register of St <persName role="saint">Sigfried</persName>’s altar in Turku Cathedral.

Fols. 1r–8v: Documents in Swedish and Latin concerning goods belonging to St Sigfried’s altar.

[1r] (1365, Erik Karlsson and Simon Håkansson donate goods (Loppela) for Turku Cathedral. Cf. REA 195); [1r–v] (Johannes, bishop of Turku, confirms the donations of the previous letter, 1371; REA 218); [1v–2r] (Steno Stensson donates Munkenäs goods in Werlax, 1387; REA 266); [2r–v] (Sten Benktsson and Simon Håkansson provide a prebend for Esbernus Petri, 1368; REA 204) [2v–3r] (Mattias Tulkila sells goods to Anders Ärlandsson, 1413; REA 339); [3r–v] (Bengt Michilsson resolves a dispute between Brännika and Anders Ärlandsson; REA 343); [3v–4r] (Tidika Tidikasson sells goods in Letsala to Anders Ärlandsson, 1413; REA 338); [4r–v] (Walburg, widow of Olaff Huiloisen, sells goods in Ledsala to burghers Kaliematti and Nisse Louke, 1414; REA 344); [4v–5r] (Henrik Jönsson sells goods to Anders Ärlandsson, 1412; FMU 1377); [5r–5v] (Karl Öra et al., solve a dispute between Anders Ärlandsson and Jöns Ingonis, 1420; FMU 1632) [6r–v] (Karl Öra et al. solve a dispute regarding a plot of land, 1420; FMU 1635) [6v–7r] (King Albert gives Loppala goods to St Sigfried’s altar, 1365; FMU 1122); [7v] (Ingolf Djäken confirms an exchange between Jeppe Skälge and Anders Ärlandi, 1414; FMU 1440); [7v–8r] (Sten Sture orders an investigation on Loppela goods, 1476; FMU 3643); [8r–v] (Erik Axelsson performs the investigation ordered in the previous letter, 1476; FMU 3646); [8v] (Robertus, a burgher from Turku, sells goods to Simon Håkansson, 1379; FMU 1124).

(Followed by four full-sized and unnumbered blank leaves and by two smaller strips.)

 Paper 15 folios, of which two are merely small strips. 16 21,5 12-13 16-17 Modern foliation (1–8) in pencil in the upper right margin; only leaves with text have been numbered. (VIII-1)15 The manuscript is in good overall condition; there is some fraying along the edges and the covers have been worn, but apart from that no great damage has been done. One unruled column with a varying number of lines.

One hand writing a cursive of saec. XVI. Headlines entered and some corrections made by a contemporary hand (possibly the main hand) in red ink that has faded in several places.

Majuscules for the beginnings of charters have been highlighted in red ink; headlines in red ink. Persons and places named in the charters have been underlined with black ink.

A limp binding reusing a leaf from a canon law manuscript of saec. XIII or XIV. c. 27 × 42,5* (20,5 (9,5 + 1,5 + 9,5) × 35*).

The manuscript consists of a single quire containing charters (dated between 1365 and 1476) concerning the goods of St Sigfried’s altar in the cathedral of Turku. The originals of the charters were kept in the cathedral and many – although not all of them – also appear in the cathedral’s copybook (REA). The writing of this manuscript seems to have taken place during saec. XVI; possibly it was done in connection with the confiscations of the charters during the Reformation.

In 1763 the manuscript was in the possession of the Swedish historian and collector, Anders Anton von Stiernman (1695–1765) who mentions it in a letter to K. F. Mennander (1712–1786), bishop of Turku (see Österbladh 1942, 661). After Stiernman’s death, his collections were passed to Olaus d.y. Celsius (1716–1794) through marriage in 1766. The manuscripts from the collection were moved to Uppsala University Library in 1795.

First leaf: Shelf-mark of Uppsala University Library, ‘E 214’, and a previous shelf-mark ‘Celsiska Saml. 2. 80’; ‘n: 80’ also on the verso side.

 FMU = Finlands medeltidsurkunder, 1–8, utg. Reinh. Hausen, Helsingfors 1910–1935. Tuomas Heikkilä, “Piispa ja tuomiokapituli”, Kirjallinen kulttuuri keskiajan Suomessa, Helsinki 2010, 253–254. Jan Liedgren, “Om Åbo domkyrkas kopieböcker”, Historisk tidskrift för Finland 33 (1948), 22. Kauko Pirinen, “Suomen keskiaikaiset arkistot”, Historiallinen arkisto 52 (1947), 97. REA = Registrum ecclesiae Aboensis eller Åbo domkyrkas svartbok, utg. Reinhold Hausen, Helsingfors 1890. Kaarlo Österbladh (ed.), K. F. Mennanderin lähettämiä ja saamia kirjeitä III, Helsinki 1942. Encoding added