Texter och tecken från svensk medeltid, utg. av Per-Axel Wiktorsson. (Tracts and symbols from
medieval Sweden.) Uppsala 2012. Samlingar utgivna av Svenska fornskriftsällskapet. Serie 3.
Smärre texter och undersökningar 6. 96 pp. ISBN 978-91-976118-8-6.
Hedda Gunneng & Börje Westlund discuss two autographic tracts (A and B) by Holy Bridget of
Vadstena, concerning language and style. The tracts show how Bridget worked stylistically when
she clad her revelations linguistically. The marked stylistic difference between the two tracts is
attributable to the differing content and import of revelations.
Margit J. Smith describes the Tallinn manuscript of the City Rights of King Magnus
Eriksson, also referred to as the Vadstena Codex or Tallinn Codex, possibly written for the city
of Åbo. The manuscript dates from the first half of the 15th century and is bound in the format of
a girdle book, with brass bosses and two clasps. The binding was repaired in Moscow in the
1970s and is in good condition.
Massimiliano Bampi maintains the the inclusion of Konung Alexander into an aristocratic
environment in many respects has influenced the representation of Alexander’s deeds. However
Alexander represents a powerful alternative to the heroes of chivalic adventure.
Fulvio Ferrari writes, concerning Dikten om kung Albrekt, that its manuscripts were
written at the Vadstena monastery during the 1420’s, commissioned by a member of the Swedish
oligarchy. The text appears to have been written in the entourage of Bo Jonsson. The political
situation during the 1420’s was the same as in Bo Jonsson’s time, when the aristocracy opposed
the crown.
Per-Axel Wiktorsson discusses a list of signs from the Vadstena monastery, discovered
among MSS C 31 and C 74 held at Uppsala University Library, both from the 14th century. The
list in C 31 is a pre-stage to that in C 74. The author has attemped to construct an older version of
the list than the one in C 31.
Keywords: Holy Bridget, Vadstena monastery, autographs, language and style, City Rights, ‘bagbinding’, Konung Alexander, courtly ethics, Dikten om kung Albrekt, aristocracy, the Crown,
sign lists, older version.