Missal for the use of Friars Minor
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0103 MS LAT 19 |
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 | : Missal for the use of Friars Minor |
Date(s) | : 15th century |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 volume containing 308 leaves |
Name of creator(s) | : Unknown |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Franciscan order, the largest religious order in the Roman Catholic church, was founded in the early 13th century by St Francis of Assisi (1181/82-1226), and comprises three orders: the First Order (priests and lay brothers who have sworn to lead a life of prayer, preaching, and penance), divided into three independent branches, the Friars Minor, the Friars Minor Conventual, and the Friars Minor Capuchin; the Second Order (cloistered nuns who belong to the Order of St Clare, known as Poor Clares); and the Third Order (religious and lay men and women who try to emulate Saint Francis' spirit in performing works of teaching, charity, and social service). This manuscript was written in Italy.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume, 15th century: Missale Fratrum Minorum (missal for the use of Friars Minor), with some musical notation.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
Latin
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Finding aids:
N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969); list at University College London Special Collections.
Archival Information
Archival history:
With the bookplate of Walter Seton.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Purchased at the Seton sale at Sotheby's in 1927 and presented to University College London by the British Society of Franciscan Studies and others.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica online. 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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