Comedy of the Crocodile
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0103 MS GERM 5 |
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 | : Comedy of the Crocodile |
Date(s) | : 17th century |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 volume containing 40 leaves |
Name of creator(s) | : Unknown |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Unknown.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume, 17th century, 'Das Crocodil. Ein Schauspiel' (the Comedy of the Crocodile).
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
German. Cursive scripts.
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); handlist at University College London Special Collections.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Bearing the number 358469 on folio 1r.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bought from the Munich bookseller L Rosenthal and presented to University College London by Professor Trouton in 1911.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
This manuscript has been described in Louis Augustus Triebel's The Comedy of the Crocodile (Eine lustige Comedj von den Crocodil-stechen zu Nürmberg) as preserved in various manuscripts. A critical and historical introduction together with the text of the play (Humphrey Milford, London, 1925; also published by Oxford University Press, 1925), which includes a text of the play based on the Nürnberg manuscript (Nor. H. 703), comparing it with manuscripts at University College London, Munich, and elsewhere.
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Source: British Library OPAC. 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:
Aug 2001
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