Prayer Book (Dutch, c1521)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0103 MS GERM 25 |
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 | : Prayer Book (Dutch, c1521) |
Date(s) | : c1521 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 volume containing 91 leaves |
Name of creator(s) | : Unknown |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Unknown.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Gebetbuch (Book of Prayers), c1521, including prayers to the Virgin (one in verse) and to St Catherine. Preceded by a calendar, including tables for the Golden Number and a table of signs of the zodiac.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
Middle Dutch. Gothic minuscule hand.
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:
The volume bears on the inside front cover the number 14, and on folio 1*r A 507.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bought by University College London from Spink in 1920.
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:
Aug 2001
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