16. MANUSCRIPT ON WITCHCRAFT AND THE SUPERNATURAL IN SWEDEN.

A unique compilation about the supernatural in Sweden during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Collection of manuscripts about strange visions, the devil's rampage, witchcraft and plagues 1655-1711.

Manuscript. 4th (parts of the submission in other formats). (86) pages. Green cardboard tape from the first half of the 19th century. The band is badly worn with damage along the spine and covers with larger spots. The insert throughout with some stains, mainly in the margin with some places in the text, the insert is partly loose and three leaves completely detached, occasional tears. Owner's note on the inside of the front cover E. G. Hammarström 1818, Bookplate C. Vilh. Jacobowsky, as well as a signed note that he acquired the manuscript at the auction after vicar PJ Wallén in Uppsala in 1923.

Collection volume with nine contemporary and near-contemporary manuscripts written in different hands: 1. Unusual sight at Rasbokil 1655: 3 pages 2. Relation of severe trials of Satan in 1660, recorded by P. Simmingh in 1682: 9 pages 3. View in Pori in 1665: 1 page 4. Relation or narrative of visions 1671: 6 pages 5. Short story about the highly deplorable witchcraft in Norrland in 1675: 19 pages 6. About a vision in Hackås parish in 1678: 1 page 7. Pestilences and miracles that occurred in Sweden in 1711: 33 pages 8. Thoughts on honest man's religion: 2 pages 9. A wedding script: 5 pages An accompanying newspaper clipping from Östersundsposten in 1938 contains an article with the title "Sällsamma syner" written by Arwid Enquist which is based on the texts in this collection of manuscripts.
The article mentions apropos the descriptions that are quoted: "Some of these appear in manuscript in a collection volume, belonging to the librarian CW Jacobowsky and reproduced with kind permission by him".

From the library of Nils Fries.
Nils Fries (1912-94), professor of botany, especially physiology and anatomy, at Uppsala University. Studied the reproduction of fungi.