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