IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS GERM 23
Held at: University College London
Title: Prayer Book (German, 1534-1539)
Date(s): 1534-1663
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume containing 173 leaves
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Unknown.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Gebetbuch (Book of Prayers), dated 1534, 1538 and 1539, with later additions, some dated 1656 and 1663.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: German, Rhenish Franconian dialect. Gothic cursive scripts.
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Physical characteristics:
Paper manuscript in original oak boards, covered with stamped leather. Three hands. Initials and headings in red. 15.5cm.
Finding aids:
Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935), which summarises the contents of the manuscript; handlist at University College London Special Collections.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Formerly owned by Professor van Ess zu Marburg.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to University College London by Sir Edgar Speyer in 1911.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2001