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Collected Texts (Swiss German, late 15th century)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS GERM 24

Held at: University College London

Title: Collected Texts (Swiss German, late 15th century)

Date(s): Late 15th century (some dated 1491, 1493, 1496), 16th century

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 332 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

From the charterhouse 'zu Yttingen' (Ittingen, Thurgau, Switzerland).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume, late 15th century: Sammelhandschrift, a collection of miscellaneous texts, some dated 1491, 1493, 1496, and including a Carthusian calendar, sermons, religious poems, prayers, and other texts. With some 16th-century text and annotations.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German. The hands, some transitional, include Gothic minuscule, Gothic cursive, and Humanistic minuscule.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Mixed paper and parchment manuscript (232 and 100 leaves respectively) in a contemporary binding of oak boards covered with pressed leather (strengthened). Several hands and scripts. Headings and initials in red. 21cm.

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

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Bearing on the inside front cover: N 54.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to University College London by Professor Trouton in 1911.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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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: Sep 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Calendars | Periodicals | Publications | Communications media | Information sciences
Carthusian order | Religious communities | Religious institutions
Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Poetry | Literary forms and genres | Literature
Prayers | Religious practice | Religious activities
Sermons | Religious texts | Religious doctrines | Theology

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
Ittingen | Thurgau | Switzerland | Western Europe | Europe