IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS GERM 29
Held at: University College London
Title: Mathematical Treatise (German, late 15th century)
Date(s): Late 15th century
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume containing 13 leaves
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Unknown.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume, late 15th century, containing a mathematical treatise, with ink diagrams.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: German. Cursive script with flourishes.
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Physical characteristics:
Paper manuscript bound in morocco, stamped with gilt. One hand. 18.5cm.
Finding aids:
Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); handlist at University College London Special Collections.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
The manuscript formed part of the library of John Thomas Graves (1806-1870), mathematician and Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London, whose collection included manuscripts dating from the 15th to the 19th century, relating mainly to mathematics. Formerly Graves 1224. Other pressmarks: 19.f.7; 149.b.6. On folio 1r is a cutting from a sale catalogue in French.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Graves' library was bequeathed to University College London in 1870.
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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