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Mystical Treatises (German, 1488)

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS GERM 18

Held at: University College London

Title: Mystical Treatises (German, 1488)

Date(s): 14th century, 1488

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 100 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume, dated 1488: Mystische Traktate (mystical treatises). Possibly two originally independent manuscripts bound together. Book-guards consist of strips of parchment bearing text in a 14th century script.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Low German dialect; Latin on book-guards. Gothic minuscule text; also minuscule on book-guards.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Parchment manuscript in original oak boards, covered in pressed leather and fastened by one brass clasp. One hand. Initials and headings in red. 15cm.

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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Archival history:

The manuscript belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), baronet, an antiquary and bibliophile whose collection included c60,000 manuscripts of various kinds, some relating to the administration of Swiss towns. Various manuscripts were sold after Sir Thomas's death, some to the German government, and were dispersed to several libraries. Formerly Phillipps MS 541. Also bearing on folio 1r: Professor van Ess zu Marburg; and the number 156.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to University College London by Sir Edgar Speyer in 1911.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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