IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS LAT 30
Held at: University College London
Title: Palmistry Treatise
Date(s): 15th century-16th century
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume containing 32 leaves
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Unknown.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume, probably 15th or 16th century, 'Chyromantia et Natura Planetarum', a treatise on palmistry (chiromancy), including 21 colour diagrams of hands and symbols. Bound with a number of later printed works, including Thomas Hill's The Schoole of Skil (T Iudson for W Iaggard, London, 1599).
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Latin
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Physical characteristics:
Paper manuscript. One hand, with red or blue initials. 19cm.
Finding aids:
List at University College London Special Collections.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
The manuscript formed part of the library of John Thomas Graves (1806-1870), mathematician and Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London, whose collection included manuscripts dating from the 15th to the 19th century, relating mainly to mathematics. Formerly Graves 532.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Shelved at SR B 1599 HR/1.
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