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Religious Treatise (German, 15th century)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS GERM 14

Held at: University College London

Title: Religious Treatise (German, 15th century)

Date(s): Early 15th century

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 84 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume, early 15th century, 'Das Büchlein vom schauenden und vom wirkenden Leben', bearing on the inside front cover 'Homiliensammlung, 14 Jh', but the contents comprise not merely a collection of homilies, but a complete text discussing the active and contemplative life, as exemplified by Martha and Mary, and include quotations from the New Testament and other religious texts. The original manuscript of the treatise, of which this is apparently a later and hastily written copy, was apparently written in Paris (f 2v), possibly by a disciple of Meister Eckhart, since it includes a number of quotations from him. A parchment book-guard in the centre of quires 1 and 2 bears Latin text in a 13th-century hand.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German, Rhenish Franconian dialect. Gothic cursive hand; Gothic minuscule on book-guard.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Paper manuscript in modern paper binding. One hand. 21cm.

Finding aids:

Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935), which discusses 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

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bought by University College London at Baer's, Frankfurt am Main, in 1921.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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: Aug 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Bibles | Religious texts | Religious doctrines | Theology
Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions

Personal names
Eckhart | Johannes | c 1260- ? 1327/8 | known as Meister (Master) Eckhart or Eckhart von Hochheim | German Dominican theologian, writer and mystic x Eckhart | Master x Eckehart

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Places