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Meister Manuscript


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS GERM 33

Held at: University College London

Title: Meister Manuscript

Date(s): 1733, 1738

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Meister | Johann Heinrich | 1700-1781 | Swiss minister, theologian and writer

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume, 1733, 1738, containing two texts by Johann Heinrich Meister (Jean Henri Le Maitre), 'Christliche Glaubens- und Lebenslehre' (Instructions in the Life and Faith of a Christian), followed by a short tract, 'Examen des communicans pour l'usage de l'Eglise Françoise de Buckebourg' (examination of communicants for the use of the French church at Bückeburg).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German and French. Cursive hand.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Paper manuscript bound in half vellum. One hand. 20.5cm.

Finding aids:

List at University College London Special Collections.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Bookplate of Arthur B Evans.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

The Swiss National Library, Berne, holds documents relating to Meister.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Source: Swiss National Library website at http://www.snl.ch. 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
Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Religious practice | Religious activities
Religious texts | Religious doctrines | Theology

Personal names
Meister | Johann Heinrich | 1700-1781 | Swiss minister, theologian and writer x Maitre | Jean Henri | Le x Le Maitre | Jean Henri

Corporate names

Places
Bückeburg | Germany | Western Europe | Europe