Bible (Latin)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0103 MS LAT 9 |
Held at | : University College London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll › |
Full title | : Bible (Latin) |
Date(s) | : 14th century |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 volume containing 626 leaves |
Name of creator(s) | : Unknown |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Unknown.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Biblia Latina: fourteenth-century Latin Bible. An insert pasted inside (f 1*r), dated 1859, details the manuscript's later history.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
Latin. Gothic minuscule hand.
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
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
Archival history:
The original binding was removed when the manuscript was taken out of Spain many years before 1859. It belonged to a Spanish lawyer who, obliged to leave Spain owing to his political opinions, resided in England as a refugee for some years. The manuscript was rebound in England, c1856.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to University College London in 1859 by William Steere, barrister.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Revised 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:
1999, revised Jul 2001
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