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Breviary for the use of Friars Minor

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS LAT 20

Held at: University College London

Title: Breviary for the use of Friars Minor

Date(s): 15th century

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 295 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Franciscan order, the largest religious order in the Roman Catholic church, was founded in the early 13th century by St Francis of Assisi (1181/82-1226), and comprises three orders: the First Order (priests and lay brothers who have sworn to lead a life of prayer, preaching, and penance), divided into three independent branches, the Friars Minor, the Friars Minor Conventual, and the Friars Minor Capuchin; the Second Order (cloistered nuns who belong to the Order of St Clare, known as Poor Clares); and the Third Order (religious and lay men and women who try to emulate Saint Francis' spirit in performing works of teaching, charity, and social service).

This manuscript was written in Italy, probably in the Veneto and probably between 1467 and 1474.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume, 15th century: Breviarum Ad Usum Fratrum Minorum (Breviary for the use of Friars Minor).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Latin

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Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Parchment manuscript bound in red velvet over wooden boards. One hand throughout in red and black with red or blue initials. 18cm.

Finding aids:

N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969), which summarises the contents of the manuscript; handlist at University College London Special Collections.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

The volume bears the bookplates of Conte Paolo Vimercati-Sozzi and Walter Seton.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Purchased at the Seton sale at Sotheby's in 1927 and presented to University College London by the British Society of Franciscan Studies and others.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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