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Missal for the use of Friars Minor


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS LAT 19

Held at: University College London

Title: Missal for the use of Friars Minor

Date(s): 15th century

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 308 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Franciscan order, the largest religious order in the Roman Catholic church, was founded in the early 13th century by St Francis of Assisi (1181/82-1226), and comprises three orders: the First Order (priests and lay brothers who have sworn to lead a life of prayer, preaching, and penance), divided into three independent branches, the Friars Minor, the Friars Minor Conventual, and the Friars Minor Capuchin; the Second Order (cloistered nuns who belong to the Order of St Clare, known as Poor Clares); and the Third Order (religious and lay men and women who try to emulate Saint Francis' spirit in performing works of teaching, charity, and social service). This manuscript was written in Italy.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume, 15th century: Missale Fratrum Minorum (missal for the use of Friars Minor), with some musical notation.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Latin

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Parchment manuscript bound in panelled calf over wooden boards, wanting the two closures; possibly a contemporary binding, but much repaired. One hand throughout in red and black with red or blue initials. 19cm.

Finding aids:

N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969); list at University College London Special Collections.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

With the bookplate of Walter Seton.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Purchased at the Seton sale at Sotheby's in 1927 and presented to University College London by the British Society of Franciscan Studies and others.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica online. 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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Franciscan order | Religious communities | Religious institutions
Missals | Religious texts | Religious doctrines | Theology
Religious music | Musical styles
Religious practice | Religious activities

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