IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS LAT 3
Held at: University College London
Title: Sermons for Saints' Days and Other Texts (Latin, 13th century)
Date(s): 13th century
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume containing 35 leaves
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Written in Germany.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume, 13th century: Vitae Sanctorum et Sermones, containing saints' lives, notes on festivals, and sermons for saints' days.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Latin. One hand is Gothic minuscule.
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Physical characteristics:
Parchment manuscript in modern red calf binding. Five different hands. Some initials and headings in red. With marginal notes and corrections. 19.5cm.
Finding aids:
Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969); handlist at University College London Special Collections.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
The manuscript belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), baronet, an antiquary and bibliophile whose collection included c60,000 manuscripts of various kinds, some relating to the administration of Swiss towns. Various manuscripts were sold after Sir Thomas's death, some to the German government, and were dispersed to several libraries. Originally bound with MS LAT 1, MS LAT 2 and MS GERM 16 as Phillipps MS 18090.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to University College London by the Duke of Norfolk in 1911.
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: Sep 2001