IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS GERM 27
Held at: University College London
Title: Legal Lexicon (German)
Date(s): 15th century
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume containing 410 leaves
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Unknown.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume, 15th century: Uber Wichbilde, Lehenrecht Vnnd Lantrecht (a lexicon of information on Wichbilde, Lehenrecht and Lantrecht).
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: German, Alemannic dialect. Gothic cursive script.
System of arrangement:
The articles are arranged in alphabetical order.
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Physical characteristics:
Paper manuscript bound in thick oak boards, covered with half stamped pigskin. One hand. Headings and initials in red. Boards and paper much perforated by book worms. 30cm.
Finding aids:
Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); handlist at University College London Special Collections.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bought by University College London from Stevens in 1923.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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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: Oct 2001