Missal fragment (12th century)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0096 MS 838
Held at	: Senate House Library, University of London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections ›
Full title	: Missal fragment (12th century)
Date(s)	: 12th century
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 2 items
Name of creator(s)	: Unknown
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Missal is a liturgical book which contains the prayers said by the priest at the altar as well as all that is officially read or sung in connection with the offering of the holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the ecclesiastical year.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Two fragments cut from the head of two bifolia from a noted Missal, foliated 51 and 54, 56 and [-] in a 13th century hand, and containing part of the temporale from the introit for the 3rd feria of the 3rd week after Quadragesima to the 4th feria. The manuscript was written in the Low Countries or North-east France in the late 12th century.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
Latin. Lorraine notation.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Finding aids:

See R Watson 'Descriptive list of fragments of medieval manuscripts in the University of London Library' (1976).

Archival Information

Archival history:

Said to have been removed from a 16th-17th century binding of George Buchanan, Rerum Scoticarum Historia (Edinburgh 1582), now in the University of London Library, on the occasion of its rebinding in 1949. Inscribed on the last leaf in a neat 17th century secretary hand is 'Francis Bacon his booke'.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

The binding of this volume also included a fragment of paper containing four staves of 16th century musical notation, which is described as MS 839.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Aitchison 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:
Jan 2002