St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-05

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s@- ted on height
above the Tyrisaa, the palace of the
archbishop of Sweden, the large and
very valuable library, the collections,
ETC., all afford admiring spots for visi-
tors to Upsala. Like Throndhjem in
Norway, Upsala may be regarded as
the historical center of the kingdom to
which it belongs. In ancient days it
formed the great stronghold of pagan
ism, memorials of which abound in the
tOmbs and monuments of the neighbOr
ing places. And it was here that the
apostles of Christianity encountered the
most determined opposition. Geijer,
the great ''skald" and historian, in one
of his most beautiful poems, 'Den
Sista Skalden" the last of the bards),
represents the venerable bard on his re-
turn home eXtolling the magnificence of
the temple of Upsala, beneath the lofty
arches of which SvithiOd'S mighty gods
were enthroned, and he afterwards de-
pictS the burning of the sanctuary and
the baptism of the terrified inhabitants
in the river 'Fyrlsaa." 1t is in these
historical and chiefly mythical assOcia-
tiOnS that the
INTEREST ATTACHING TO UPSALA
as famous city, to great extent con-
SiSts. AS regards modern history, the
chief center of attraction is the uniyerS-
ity, which was founded in 1477, not quite
hundred years after that the very first
university of Europe, the SOrbOnne in
Paris, was erected. The foundation
stone was laid by Stem Sture in the year
above mentioned, and it afterwards be-
came the object of richly endowment
by Gustavus Adolphus.
At present there are about 1.700 stu
dents in attendance. There are over
fifty professors, fifty instructors
(docenter). and as many tutors. On en-
tering the university each student is
bound to attach himself to one of the
thirteen nations" each of which, some
what like the English colleges of Oxford
and Cambridge, possesses its own build
ings, presided over by curators, inspect
OrS, and committee of management.
The members of each nation are divided
into seniors, juniors and recentiors.
On the membership of nation depends
Students education and his future
career, and each retains his rights of
membership for life. One of the chief
national recreationS of these societies is
quartet singing, through the constant
exercises of which UpSala student corps
has attained the excellence in song for
which it is universally known. The
large new building, erected since 1877,
containing eleven lecture rooms, five
rooms for the different faculties, two
elegant reception rooms, large hall or
chapel (the Aula), and other rooms for
official use, received its grand academ-
/ went through all the rooms in this
stately school edifice, and had the pleas
ure afterwards of an hours CONVERSE
ton with it's rector magnificuS, Carl
Yngve Sahlin, the ardent disciple
and representative of BOStrom's
school of philosophy in Swe-
den. Another handsome building
and very valuable institution is the
Carolina Rediviva, containing the uni
versity library of 100000 volumes and
10000 manuscripts. Its chief treas
ure with which l, through the kind per-
mittance and assistance of Mr.. Claes
Ough and detailed acquaintance, is the
world-famous Codex Argenteus, a
translation of the four Gospels into
Meso-G Gothic by Bishop Ulphilas, dating,
it is said, from the second half of the
fourth century. 1t is written on 1888
leaves of parchment, in large silver and
gold letters, on reddish ground. This
precious manuscript, which was cap
tured at the city of Prag by Count Ko-
nigsmark, general in the Thirty Years.
War, was presented by Queen Christina
to Vossius, her private librarian, and
was purchased from him C660), for 400
crowns, by Count de la Gardie, that
time the actual chancellor of the uni
riously stolen and carried to
Holland, but was found again and
then taken to Upsala, where
it since has remained. 1t is to this work
of UIphilas that we are almost ex-
| clusively indebted for our knowledge of
the ancient Gothic, the so-called MesO-
Gothic language. This language stands
| nearly in the same relation to the Ger
| manic languages, according to German
philologists, as Sanscrit does to the
whole Aryan family. Another book of
surprising interest, very carefully laid
| aside in the large library collection is
the first printed book in Sweden, Dia-
| LOCUS CreatOrum Moralizatus, Stock
holm, 1883. Another, LIE Livre Saint
DIES Druses manuscript, the Edda, a
book in manuscript, very old, and pur-
| chased on Iceland; autographs of Luz
| ther, Melanchton, Eric XIV, Stern
| helm, Charles XII, Tegner and others
are found in the collection.
| UPSALA'S GRAND CATHEDRAL.
Now, something about the cathedral,
| the only religious edifice in Sweden of
| strictly Gothic style, picturesquely stu
ated on mons domini, but in 17O2 partly
| destroyed by fire. The exterior, with
| it's two towers, has been disfgured by
restoration, but the interior is very i'm
| preSsive, not so much impressive, how
| ever, as the NOtre Danes, of Amiens or
Paris. The edifice is still under restora-
| ton, having for its present architect
| E. V. Langlet. About 100000 crowns
| have been subscribed by the govern
ment, by private persons and by the
town itself for the complete restoration
of the building. Among the objects of
| special interest in the interior are the
! large organ, the best III Sweden, the
burial chapel of Gustayus Vasa, the
| sumptuouS monument in marble to
Johan Ill. Cd. 1899, which, few years
| after his death, was executed in Italy,
| but unfortunately wrecked on voyage
from LeghOrn to Sweden and the whole
| vessel, with the monument, found first
in 1785 OH the bottom of the Baltic sea.
! The monument Of Linn&uS, the father