Sermons and Other Liturgical Texts (German and Latin, 12th century)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0103 MS GERM 16 |
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 | : Sermons and Other Liturgical Texts (German and Latin, 12th century) |
Date(s) | : 12th century |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 volume containing 43 leaves |
Name of creator(s) | : Unknown |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Written in Germany.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume, 12th century, comprising a collection of sermons and other liturgical texts.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
German and Latin
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) and N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969), which summarise the contents of the manuscript; handlist at University College London Special Collections.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Formerly bound with MS LAT 1-3 as Phillipps MS 18090. 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. He apparently bought the manuscript from the antiquary Tross in Paris. Various manuscripts were sold after Sir Thomas's death, some to the German government, and were dispersed to several libraries.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to University College London by Lord Iveagh in 1911.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935), reproduces f 39r of the manuscript (Plate VII).
Description Notes
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
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