IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS LAT 8
Held at: University College London
Title: Tundal Manuscript
Date(s): 15th century
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume containing 29 + 2 leaves
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Tundal (or Tundall) was an Irish nobleman who in 1149 experienced a vision. His account of it was translated into several European languages. This manuscript was written in France.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume, 15th century: De raptu anime Tundali et visione. Pasted to the inside front cover is a full-page colour illustration of Tundal presenting his manuscript to Pope Eugenius, inscribed: Tondali Visione Eugenio Papae Oblata. Folio 1r bears a fragment of another text, in the same hand, as this manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Latin. Minuscule hand.
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Physical characteristics:
Parchment manuscript in a modern binding of half calf and marble boards, with pressed and gilt-stamped back. Written leaves alternate with blank ones. Same hand throughout. Headings and initials in red. 19cm.
Finding aids:
Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); 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:
Bought by University College London from Maggs in 1919.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
For the fragmentary text on folio 1v, cf British Library, Manuscript Collections, Harl MS 3239, f 236v/2-10.
Publication note:
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: Sep 2001