IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS ANGL 6
Held at: University College London
Title: Astrological Texts
Date(s): Late 15th century-early 16th century
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume containing 48 leaves
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Unknown.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume, dating from the late 15th century or early 16th century, containing astrological texts: the Wise Book of Philosophy and of Astronomy; the Teaching and the Information of the Golden Table of Master Pythagoras; the Book of Palmistry, in the English tongue. Drawings of hands and table of signs of the zodiac in the third text, folios 36r-37v, 48r. Also includes lists of names of men and women in Latin.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Mainly English, some Latin. Cursive hand.
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Physical characteristics:
Paper manuscript bound in red calf, gold stamped and gilt edged. One hand throughout. Headings and initials in red. 22cm.
Finding aids:
Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969), which summarise the contents; handlist at University College London Special Collections.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
The manuscript, bought at the sale in 1861 of the collection of manuscripts formed by Archbishop Tenison, formed part of the library of John Thomas Graves (1806-1870), mathematician and Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London, whose collection included manuscripts dating from the 15th to the 19th century, relating mainly to mathematics. Formerly Graves 1703.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Graves' library was bequeathed to University College London in 1870.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
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: Jul 2001