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Doc. 310.] 841
ANALYSIS OF STOCKHOLM MSS.
Section V, pp. 25 to 27. Respecting the date when these colloquia
were written, see Document 313, no. 132.
"Codices 8 to 10.-Arcana Cœlestia."
Björnstjerna describes Codex 8 as containing, "Various papers belong
ing to the first draught ofthe Arcana Cœlestia." It contains the general
contents of Genesis, chapters xxvi to xliii.
Codex 10 contains nos. 1749 and 1750 of chapter xiv, and the
whole of the original Part II of the Arcana Cœlestia , from nos.
1886 to 2759, i. e. Genesis, chapters xvi to xxi.
Codex 9 contains nos. 2894 to 3227, i. e. Genesis, chapters xxiii
and xxiv.
Codices 15 to 19 contain nos. 3028 to 6626, or Genesis, chapters
XXV to 1.
Codices 20 to 26 contain nos. 6627 to 10,837, or Exodus,
chapters i to xl.
Codex 80 in quarto contains an explanation of chapter xxii; and
thus fills up the gap between codices 10 and 9.
These codices do not contain the copy of the Arcana Cœlestia
which Swedenborg prepared for the press-that he sent to London
by post-but the original draught of this important work. It does
not differ from the work as printed, but the MS. is frequently
crossed out and corrected, thus showing the steps Swedenborg took
in preparing it.
The whole of this original draught of the Arcana Cœlestia was
unbound when it was conveyed to the Academy of Sciences by
Swedenborg’s heirs. It is described in their catalogue (Document 304)
thus: "Theological Writings, no. 14. Three large parcels, in which,
according to their superscriptions, is contained the first systematic
composition of the Arcana Cœlestia and the Apocalypsis Revelata."
The sheets belonging to the Arcana Cœlestia were bound by
A. Nordensköld in fifteen substantial volumes.
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"Codex 11.- De Charitate."
1. In the catalogue of Swedenborg’s heirs (Document 304) , under
the head of "Philosophical Writings, no. 13," some MSS. are de
scribed as consisting of "several mixed fragments tied up in one
parcel, but consisting of two bundles. On one is written ‘After 1745’
on the other ’Before 1745.’"
The bundle with the superscription "After 1745" seems to have
contained in loose sheets various MSS., which were afterwards bound
by A. Nordensköld, and which appear now in the Official Catalogue
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