Last Thursday was another productive day at the archive in Arninge! Found some interesting things; for example, the scribbled-out note below. ✒🔍 /assistants Julia (pictured) and Maria @ra_sverige

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Let's end this week with an assortment of fancy signatures from 1691! Which of these capture that #fridayfeeling best? 🧐Personally I am partial to Leyonflycht's at the very bottom - lots of personality! 🦁✒️ /Maria

Call for help! Every 17th century typography enthusiast out there, and everyone else, here's a riddle for you to solve: what was on Carolus's mind (aka Charles XI of Sweden)? Comment a word you're able to decipher and then take the weekend off. Happy Friday!

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Another beautiful (but a bit chilly) Friday in Stockholm! Spent the morning at @ra_sverige - didn't make any huge progress but found another copy of an instruction from 1691, sent to Gunno Eurelius 📜✒

Archives and leatherbound 2000p. books in all its glory, but this time of year I'm happy to have some "office" work to do. Note that "office" here means oxygen, birdsong and using the cmd + function 🔎 cheers!

A very relatable moment from 1694: director J. Transchöld was apparently not satisfied with this draft of a letter to the king (we get it, it's a pretty big deal) and left notes in the margin on how to improve it ✒