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University College London

Prayer Book (German, 1534-1539)

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS GERM 23

Held at: University College London

Title: Prayer Book (German, 1534-1539)

Date(s): 1534-1663

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 173 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Gebetbuch (Book of Prayers), dated 1534, 1538 and 1539, with later additions, some dated 1656 and 1663.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German, Rhenish Franconian dialect. Gothic cursive scripts.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Paper manuscript in original oak boards, covered with stamped leather. Three hands. Initials and headings in red. 15.5cm.

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; handlist at University College London Special Collections.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Formerly owned by Professor van Ess zu Marburg.

Immediate source of acquisition:

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

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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