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Exempla: Tales of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of the Saints

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS GERM 9

Held at: University College London

Title: Exempla: Tales of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of the Saints

Date(s): Late 15th century

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 12 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume, late 15th century, containing an exempla: Tales of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of the Saints. Incomplete. Written in Guelderland or Overysel, probably in the neighbourhood of Deventer.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Middle Dutch. Gothic minuscule hands.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Paper manuscript in modern cover of half vellum and marble boards. Written in two hands. Headings and initials in red. 27.5cm.

Finding aids:

Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935), which summarises the contents of the manuscript; N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969); handlist at University College London Special Collections.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to University College London by Professors Montague and Bayliss.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.