Medical Treatises (14th century)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0103 MS LAT 12 |
Held at | : University College London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll › |
Full title | : Medical Treatises (14th century) |
Date(s) | : Late 14th century |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 volume containing 214 leaves |
Name of creator(s) | : Unknown |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Written in England.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume, probably late 14th century, containing a collection of medical treatises by various authors, including prescriptions and treatises on medicinal herbs. With many later notes and corrections.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
Latin, French and English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Finding aids:
Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935) and N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969), which summarise the contents of the manuscript; handlist at University College London Special Collections.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown.
Allied Materials
Related material:
University College London Special Collections, MS LAT 11, ff 324r-332v, has content similar to some passages in MS LAT 12.
Publication note:
Description Notes
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:
Aug 2001
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