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