Collected Texts (Swiss German, late 15th century)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0103 MS GERM 24 |
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 | : Collected Texts (Swiss German, late 15th century) |
Date(s) | : Late 15th century (some dated 1491, 1493, 1496), 16th century |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 volume containing 332 leaves |
Name of creator(s) | : Unknown |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
From the charterhouse 'zu Yttingen' (Ittingen, Thurgau, Switzerland).
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume, late 15th century: Sammelhandschrift, a collection of miscellaneous texts, some dated 1491, 1493, 1496, and including a Carthusian calendar, sermons, religious poems, prayers, and other texts. With some 16th-century text and annotations.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
German. The hands, some transitional, include Gothic minuscule, Gothic cursive, and Humanistic minuscule.
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), which summarises the contents of the manuscript; N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969); handlist at University College London Special Collections.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Bearing on the inside front cover: N 54.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to University College London by Professor Trouton in 1911.
Allied Materials
Related material:
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:
Sep 2001
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