Stjärnornas kungabarn 1: Nattens barn En tids- och karaktersstudie från drottning Kristinas dagar

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Stjärnornas kungabarn 1: Nattens barn En tids- och karaktersstudie från drottning Kristinas dagar

by Zacharias Topelius

SV·~6 hours·24 chapters

Chapters

24 total
1

FÖRSTA DELEN. NATTENS BARN. - Vulgata.

12:19
2

1. Vinternatt.

14:50
3

2. Nattens barn.

15:12
4

3. Ryttaren utan sadel.

14:16
5

4. I Karis prästgård.

14:54
6

5. Turholm.

16:10
7

6. Cannabis.

12:05
8

7. Sammansvärjning och möte.

15:15
9

8. I grefvens tid.

21:57
10

9. Wittstocks minne.

23:03

Description

A young scholar at a Finnish seminary wrestles daily with the demanding task of translating the New Testament from Greek into Latin and Swedish. Burdened by endless declensions, he stumbles upon a forgotten, massive Latin Vulgate bound in worn leather, its brass fittings and heavy wooden covers bearing the unmistakable marks of a seventeenth‑century edition. The volume’s pages are filled with bold, almost primitive woodcuts—Moses, David, the Virgin Mary trampling a serpent—each image as striking as it is crude.

Drawn into the book’s rich visual world, the student notices marginal notes, royal seals, and a crown‑stamped “C. R.” that hint at a connection to the court of Queen Kristina. The enigmatic illustrations and cryptic annotations spark a quiet obsession, urging him to explore the hidden layers of history and belief that lie beneath the surface of the sacred text. This early encounter promises a journey where scholarship and mystery intertwine.

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Full title

Stjärnornas kungabarn 1: Nattens barn En tids- och karaktersstudie från drottning Kristinas dagar En tids- och karaktersstudie från drottning Kristinas dagar

Language

sv

Duration

~6 hours (376K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Eva Eriksson, Jens Sadowski, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.

Release date

2015-09-17

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Zacharias Topelius

Zacharias Topelius

1818–1898

A major voice in 19th-century Finnish literature, he wrote in Swedish and helped shape how Finland imagined its history, folklore, and childhood stories. His work ranges from historical novels and poems to fairy tales that stayed popular for generations.

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