Passion of Christ Manuscript

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0103 MS GERM 20
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	: Passion of Christ Manuscript
Date(s)	: Late 15th century
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 volume containing 166 leaves
Name of creator(s)	: Unknown

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume, late 15th century: Passio Christi (the Passion of Christ), including a detailed description of the Crucifixion.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
German, Bavarian dialect. Gothic 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); N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969); handlist at University College London Special Collections.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to University College London by Sir Edgar Speyer in 1911.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Cf British Library, Manuscript Collections, Add MS 25089, which contains another identical copy of this account of the Passion of Christ.

Publication note:

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: