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Senate House Library, University of London

Torres, Alonso de


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS366

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Torres, Alonso de

Date(s): undated [early 16th century]

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information was available at the time of compilation.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

'Blason y recogimiento de armas', includes some drawings of shields. A loose insert is a 12 leaf booklet of completed shields for the letters A, B and few for C, possibly early 16th century.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Spanish

System of arrangement:

See hard-copy catalogue.

Conditions governing access:

Open for research. 24 hours notice should be given before a research visit.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Finding aids:

A hard-copy catalogue is also available in the Special Collections reading room.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

In 1928 Edward Phelips bequeathed the collection to the Corporation of London in memory of his sister, Clare Louisa Eliot; in 1950 the Guildhall Library placed it on permanent deposit in the University Library.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Guildhall Library.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Imported from the Senate House catalogue and edited by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: 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: Feb 2009.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Heraldry

Personal names
Phelips | Edward Frederick | 1883-1928 | book collector

Corporate names

Places
Spain | Western Europe | Europe