| RefNo | CLP/16/51/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Manuscript, 'De runis Helsingicis' [Of the Hälsingland runes, Sweden] by Andreas Celsius |
| Date | 1735 |
| Description | Celsius explains why the runic inscriptions from Hälsingland are different from others in Sweden. He explains that five stone obelisks bearing runic inscriptions, thought to be erected as memorials to the dead, exist in Hälsingland. He goes on to discuss interpretations of runic alphabets. Includes a colour figure of a stone obelisk bearing the runes. For English translation see EL/C3/16.
Subject: Language / Alphabet
Read to the Royal Society on 11 March 1735
Translation published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An explanation of the runic characters of Helsingland' |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1737.0004 |
| RelatedRecord | EL/C3/15 |
| EL/C3/16 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6791 | Celsius; Andreas (1701 - 1744); astronomer and physicist | 1701 - 1744 |