Bibliotheca Neolatina Upsaliensis

En utförlig och illustrerad presentation av skriftserien Bibliotheca Neolatina Upsaliensis, som utges i Uppsala sedan 2014 och till dags dato har utkommit med 14 nummer. Avsikten är att med skriftserien sprida korta men intressanta texter på latin i alla slags genrer – dels för att visa på bredden i svensk nylatinsk forskning, dels för att spegla den ofantliga rikedom av texter och ämnen som har klätts i latinsk språkdräkt under tidigmodern tid. De enskilda numren innehåller i regel en kort inledning, den latinska texten avfotograferad från ett pålitligt exemplar, en översättning till svenska eller engelska, samt en kortfattad kommentar. I samtliga fall har texterna tidigare inte varit översatta till något modernt språk

Genome-based discovery of polyketide-derived secondary metabolism pathways in the barley pathogen <i>Ramularia collo-cygni</i>

Ramularia collo-cygni causes Ramularia leaf spot (RLS) disease of barley. The fungus develops asymptomatically within its host until late in the growing season, when necrotic lesions become visible on upper leaves. Fungal secondary metabolites (SM) have been proposed as important factors in RLS lesion formation but the biosynthetic pathways involved remain largely unknown. Mining the R. collo-cygni genome revealed the presence of 10 polyketide synthases (PKS), 10 nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS), and 3 hybrid PKS-NRPS (HPS) identified within clusters of genes with predicted functions associated with secondary metabolism. SM core genes along with their predicted transcriptional regulators exhibited transcriptional coexpression during infection of barley plants. Moreover, their expression peaked during early stages of host colonization and preceded or overlapped with the appearance of disease symptoms, suggesting that SM may manipulate the host to promote colonization or protect R. collo-cygni from competing organisms. Accordingly, R. collo-cygni inhibited the growth of several fungi in vitro, indicating that it synthesized and excreted antifungal agents. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that the R. collo-cygni genome contains the genetic architecture to synthesize a wide range of SM and suggests that coexpression of PKS and HPS is associated with competitive colonization of the host and early symptom development. [Formula: see text] Copyright © 2018 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY 4.0 International license . </jats:p

Książki z Poznania w Bibliotece Uniwersytetu w Uppsali

In the collections of the Uppsala University Library there are many books that were owned by libraries in Poznań until 1655, when Swedish forces took them as war booty and sent them to Sweden. In this article the aim is to recapitulate the history of this Poznań-collection, i.e. the library itself, the capture in 1655, its transport to and later destiny in Sweden, partly by means of material evidence. Traces from all these events are still visible in the books themselves and they are of course essential for understanding the collection in its present context. In addition, there are catalogues and registers from the time that help us in the reconstruction of this important historical library.W zbiorach Biblioteki Uniwersyteckiej w Uppsali znajduje się wiele książek, które do roku 1655 należały do Kolegium Jezuickiego w Poznaniu, a które wojska szwedzkie zagrabiły i wysłały jako łup wojenny do Szwecji. W artykule prezentuję historię tej poznańskiej kolekcji, opracowaną na podstawie śladów materialnych: historię samej biblioteki, jej zagrabienie w 1655 r., przetransportowanie do punktu docelowego w Szwecji. Fizyczne ślady tych wszystkich wydarzeń są ciągle widoczne na samych książkach i są one oczywiście w dalszym ciągu najważniejszą podstawą dla zrozumienia istnienia kolekcji we współczesnym kontekście. Dodatkowym wsparciem są tutaj katalogi i rejestry z epoki, które pomagają nam w zrekonstruowaniu tej ważnej historycznej kolekcji

The Early Latin Poetry of Sylvester Johannis Phrygius : Edited, with Introduction, Translation and Commentary

This thesis contains three major portions of the early Latin poetry of the theologian Sylvester Johannis Phrygius (1572–1628), one of the most pro-lific and important Swedish poets at the turn of the 17th century. The verses exhibit marked influence from the Protestant Universities of Northern Germany at which Phrygius had studied. There Lutheranism had coalesced with the Humanist movement, so as to produce a highly creative cultural environment. It was through Jena, Wittenberg and Rostock that the learned culture of the Renaissance found its way into Sweden. The first section consists of poems from Phrygius’ Ecloga prima print (1599), whose main part is an eclogue, a pastoral dirge on the death of the daughter of the bishop of Linköping. Vergil’s first eclogue is the model of the text, which is characterized by allegorical messages so typical of the period. The second consists of Threnologia dramatica, a dramatic lamentation in elegiac distichs written around 1600 in memory of King John III of Sweden. The third section is the Centuria prima print (1602), the main part of which consists of captioned moral distichs arranged in emblematic manner. These verses were meant to give guidance to a young nobleman on the virtuous path of life, as well as rhetorical and mnemonic aid. Commonplace material is present in abundance. Altogether these poetic works strongly reflect the literary ideals of the Renaissance as well as historical realities in Sweden at the time, such as the civil war and the struggle against the forces of the Counter-Reformation. The aim of the thesis is to provide an interpretative context for Phrygius’ poems by finding and identifying Phrygius’ literary models and sources, allusions and intertexts, both ancient and contemporary ones, and to show how these texts mirror the dramatic events in Sweden during the decades around 1600

The Library of Leufstabruk

The eighteenth‑century library at the magnificent iron making estate of Leufstabruk one hour north of Uppsala (Sweden) is located in a small exquisite pavilion next to the manor house. There the absolute majority of the books are kept until this day in their original places, arranged according a system of the time. Having been an entailed estate within the noble family with Dutch origins De Geer from 1730 until 1986, the collections of today most of all mirror the interests of its member Charles (1720–1778), as well as to a minor degree his son Charles (1746–1805), his daughter Hedvig Ulrika (1752–1813) and some more. The present article wants to give an updated image of this library, based on previous research as well as a recently finished infrastructure project, whereby knowledge of and access to its collections, which are awaiting to be explored further, have been strongly increased.On trouve au magnifique domaine de Leufstabruk, situé à une heure au nord d’Uppsala (Suède) et autrefois célèbre pour sa fonderie, un joli petit pavillon, voisin du manoir, qui héberge une bibliothèque du xviiie siècle. À cet endroit, toute la collection est, encore aujourd’hui, organisée selon le système qui prévalait à l’époque. La propriété ayant appartenu à une famille noble d’origine néerlandaise, les De Geer, de 1730 à 1986, cette collection donne surtout à voir quels étaient les intérêts du père, Charles (1720‑1778), et, à un degré moindre, ceux de son fils Charles (1746‑1805), de sa fille Hedvig Ulrika (1752‑1813) et d’autres membres de la famille. L’article vise à présenter un portrait plus actuel de la bibliothèque en s’appuyant sur des travaux antérieurs ainsi que sur les fruits d’un récent projet d’infrastructure ayant grandement amélioré l’accès à la collection, et donc la connaissance qu’on en a, bien que celle‑ci reste en partie à explorer

The Early Latin Poetry of Sylvester Johannis Phrygius : Edited, with Introduction, Translation and Commentary

This thesis contains three major portions of the early Latin poetry of the theologian Sylvester Johannis Phrygius (1572–1628), one of the most pro-lific and important Swedish poets at the turn of the 17th century. The verses exhibit marked influence from the Protestant Universities of Northern Germany at which Phrygius had studied. There Lutheranism had coalesced with the Humanist movement, so as to produce a highly creative cultural environment. It was through Jena, Wittenberg and Rostock that the learned culture of the Renaissance found its way into Sweden. The first section consists of poems from Phrygius’ Ecloga prima print (1599), whose main part is an eclogue, a pastoral dirge on the death of the daughter of the bishop of Linköping. Vergil’s first eclogue is the model of the text, which is characterized by allegorical messages so typical of the period. The second consists of Threnologia dramatica, a dramatic lamentation in elegiac distichs written around 1600 in memory of King John III of Sweden. The third section is the Centuria prima print (1602), the main part of which consists of captioned moral distichs arranged in emblematic manner. These verses were meant to give guidance to a young nobleman on the virtuous path of life, as well as rhetorical and mnemonic aid. Commonplace material is present in abundance. Altogether these poetic works strongly reflect the literary ideals of the Renaissance as well as historical realities in Sweden at the time, such as the civil war and the struggle against the forces of the Counter-Reformation. The aim of the thesis is to provide an interpretative context for Phrygius’ poems by finding and identifying Phrygius’ literary models and sources, allusions and intertexts, both ancient and contemporary ones, and to show how these texts mirror the dramatic events in Sweden during the decades around 1600