In this article, I analyze the use of Latin in Cod. Holm. A 49 – a mid-15^th century Bridgettine
manuscript from Naantali, Finland. Most of the texts in the manuscript are
written in Swedish, but some shorter ones are in Latin. The Latin passages have
another function from the Swedish texts, because Latin is mainly used as a
meta-language. Lexical, syntactical, and stylistic Latinisms are frequently
found in the Swedish texts. Short phrases and citations in Latin can also be
found. Thus, the vernacular texts can also be seen as a part of the
international Latin text culture. I also investigate influences from other
languages on the texts in the manuscript. The Swedish texts were translated
from Latin, but some of the source texts were translations from the Greek
language. Thus, some examples of indirect Greek influence via Latin are found
in the texts. The Low German influence on Swedish was strong in the 15^th
century and one of the texts, Barlaam and Josaphat, was partly translated from
Old Norse. No Finnish influences can be found in the manuscript although parts
of it were written in Finland.