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Saint Leopold Manuscript

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS HISPAN 1

Held at: University College London

Title: Saint Leopold Manuscript

Date(s): Late 15th century-early 16th century

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 119 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume, late 15th-early 16th century: Canonic. De S Leopoldo; De Fondatione Monasterii S Leopoldi Neuburgensis (a text by J F de Pavinis concerning the canonization of St Leopold, and the foundation of the monastery of St Leopold at Neuberg).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Spanish. Bastarda script.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Paper manuscript bound in brown calf, lettered on the back with the title of the text, and with gilded edges. Red or blue initials and paragraph marks. 21cm.

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:

The manuscript belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), baronet, an antiquary and bibliophile whose collection included c60,000 manuscripts of various kinds, some relating to the administration of Swiss towns. Various manuscripts were sold after Sir Thomas's death, some to the German government, and were dispersed to several libraries. Formerly Phillipps MS 4435.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to University College London by the German government in 1912.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

A translation, probably of a Latin text printed c1484.

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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