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Martyrology

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS LAT 5

Held at: University College London

Title: Martyrology

Date(s): c1300

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 93 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Written in Italy, probably near Florence.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume, c1300: Martyrologium (martyrology), for Franciscan use, with calendar tables.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Latin. Minuscule hand.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Parchment manuscript bound in pressed brown leather. One hand throughout. Headings in red, alternate red and blue initials and flourishes. 22cm.

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:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to University College London by H Oppenheimer in 1912.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.