IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS CELT 1
Held at: University College London
Title: Tragedy of St Louis
Date(s): 1823-1826
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume containing 59 leaves
Name of creator(s): Bellec | Louis | fl 1823-1826
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The transcriber of the manuscript, Louis Bellec, was a farmer in Kergoual, Pluméliau.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume transcribed by Louis Bellec, 1823-1826, including 'Tragedie Sant Loeis', a play.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Breton, Vannes dialect. Cursive hand.
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Physical characteristics:
Paper manuscript bound in green and brown morocco, with the title in gilt letters on the back. 27cm.
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:
Given to the philologist Whitley Stokes (1830-1909) as a souvenir of his journey to Rennes by J Loth.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to University College London by Whitley Stokes.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
University College London Special Collections also holds philological papers of Whitley Stokes (Ref: STOKES), and his collection of works on philology and folklore.
Publication note:
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