Tundal Manuscript
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0103 MS LAT 8 |
Held at | : University College London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll › |
Full title | : Tundal Manuscript |
Date(s) | : 15th century |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 volume containing 29 + 2 leaves |
Name of creator(s) | : Unknown |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Tundal (or Tundall) was an Irish nobleman who in 1149 experienced a vision. His account of it was translated into several European languages. This manuscript was written in France.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume, 15th century: De raptu anime Tundali et visione. Pasted to the inside front cover is a full-page colour illustration of Tundal presenting his manuscript to Pope Eugenius, inscribed: Tondali Visione Eugenio Papae Oblata. Folio 1r bears a fragment of another text, in the same hand, as this manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
Latin. Minuscule hand.
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
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
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bought by University College London from Maggs in 1919.
Allied Materials
Related material:
For the fragmentary text on folio 1v, cf British Library, Manuscript Collections, Harl MS 3239, f 236v/2-10.
Publication note:
Description Notes
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:
Sep 2001
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