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University College London

Prayer Book (German and Latin, 1466)

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS GERM 26

Held at: University College London

Title: Prayer Book (German and Latin, 1466)

Date(s): 1466

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 55 + 17 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Written in southern Germany for the use of Dominican nuns.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Gebetbuch (Book of Prayers), 1466, including visitation of the sick, administration of the Last Sacrament, and burial of the dead.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German (Alemannic dialect) and Latin. Gothic minuscule and Gothic cursive hands.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Parchment manuscript with quire of paper (17 ff) inserted at the beginning, bound in oak boards covered with calf and fastened with a brass clasp in the centre of the front cover. One hand on parchment, and a different hand on paper. Headings in red. Initials alternately red or blue.16cm.

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:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bought by University College London from Mrs Oke of Margate in 1921.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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