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University College London

Leopold I Grant


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS DIPLOM 2

Held at: University College London

Title: Leopold I Grant

Date(s): 17th century

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 12 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Grant by Leopold I to Friderich Caspar and Johann C Herman of Neuhoff, 17th century.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German. Ornate minuscule script.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Vellum manuscript, with a paper fly-leaf at each end, in velvet binding, originally of deep rose colour, now very discoloured. One quire. Headings etc in gold. Gold borders of ornamental entwined leaf scroll, including an eagle at the centre, on folios 2r-2v; decorations at the centre top and base of each folio, some in scroll form.

Finding aids:

Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935).

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

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:

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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Drawings | Visual materials
Illustrations

Personal names
Caspar | Friderich | fl 1650-1699
Herman | Johann C | fl 1650-1699 | of Neuhoff
Leopold I | 1640-1705 | Holy Roman Emperor

Corporate names

Places