Book of Benefactors

John Heysig, of Holmen in Sweden ...

Latin Text:

JOANNES HEYSIG Sueco-Holmensis, vir sane morum candore, ac omni eruditionis genere spectatissimus, benevolenti

Translation:

John Heysig, of Holmen in Sweden, a man renowned for his integrity and knowledge in many fields, on his return home, left to this museum, as a pledge of his good will and with the intention of giving more, an ancient runic tablet and three wooden runic almanacs of the kind still used today by farmers in the northern parts of Sweden and Lapland, together with two medals, one of King Charles IX of Sweden, the other of Johannes Scheffer Esq., Professor of Uppsala.

Related Objects:AN1685A.452, AN1836 p.133.344-46

Location:AN1836 p.133.345 was transferred to the Museum of the History of Science in 1950 (MHS accession number 1950-12).

Year:MDCLXXXIII (1683);  Page Number: 7 (verso)