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University College London

Prayer Book (German, 15th or 16th century)

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS GERM 4

Held at: University College London

Title: Prayer Book (German, 15th or 16th century)

Date(s): 15th century-16th century, 1676

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 87 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Gebetbuch (Book of Prayers), 15th century-16th century. There are sketches at the base of some of the folios representing views of a landscape, probably in Germany, and two sketches of the Madonna, one of them dated 1676.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German, Alsatian dialect. Gothic minuscule script.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Parchment manuscript bound in light vellum. One hand throughout. Initials red or blue, or red, blue and gold. Headings in red. 14cm.

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 and reproduces one of its openings, including one of the landscape sketches (Plate VI); N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969); handlist at University College London Special Collections.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to University College London in 1911 by Professor Trouton.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Coveney gives the date of the manuscript as 15th century, but Ker gives it as 16th century.

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.