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Medical Treatises (14th century)

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS LAT 12

Held at: University College London

Title: Medical Treatises (14th century)

Date(s): Late 14th century

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 214 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Written in England.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume, probably late 14th century, containing a collection of medical treatises by various authors, including prescriptions and treatises on medicinal herbs. With many later notes and corrections.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Latin, French and English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Parchment manuscript bound in boards covered in thin brown leather. Various hands. Some rubrication. 30cm.

Finding aids:

Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935) and N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969), which summarise the contents of the manuscript; handlist at University College London Special Collections.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

University College London Special Collections, MS LAT 11, ff 324r-332v, has content similar to some passages in MS LAT 12.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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