IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0113 MS-MANUS
Held at: Royal College of Physicians
Title: Western Manuscripts
Date(s): c 1250-19th century
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: c 90 items
Name of creator(s): Various
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Various
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Western Manuscripts, c 1250-19th century, including receipt books (domestic medical remedies and culinary recipes), illuminated psalters and prayer books, case notes and prescription books. highlights include: the Wilton Psalter, c 1250; a 15th century copy of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; medical receipt and prescription books from the 17th century.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Various
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Conditions governing reproduction:
Finding aids:
A list of the Western manuscripts is available on-line on the Royal College of Physicians website
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Accumulated throughout the history of the College.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2008