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Prayer Book (Dutch, c1521)

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS GERM 25

Held at: University College London

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 AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Middle Dutch. Gothic minuscule hand.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Parchment manuscript bound in vellum. Initials in red or blue; headings in red. Two gilded initials (ff 16r, 50r). 12.5cm.

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

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

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.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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