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Tundal Manuscript

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS LAT 8

Held at: University College London

Title: Tundal Manuscript

Date(s): 15th century

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 29 + 2 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Tundal (or Tundall) was an Irish nobleman who in 1149 experienced a vision. His account of it was translated into several European languages. This manuscript was written in France.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume, 15th century: De raptu anime Tundali et visione. Pasted to the inside front cover is a full-page colour illustration of Tundal presenting his manuscript to Pope Eugenius, inscribed: Tondali Visione Eugenio Papae Oblata. Folio 1r bears a fragment of another text, in the same hand, as this manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Latin. Minuscule hand.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Parchment manuscript in a modern binding of half calf and marble boards, with pressed and gilt-stamped back. Written leaves alternate with blank ones. Same hand throughout. Headings and initials in red. 19cm.

Finding aids:

Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); 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 Maggs in 1919.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

For the fragmentary text on folio 1v, cf British Library, Manuscript Collections, Harl MS 3239, f 236v/2-10.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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