GB 0096 MS 815 - Breviary

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Reference code

GB 0096 MS 815

Title

Breviary

Date(s)

  • 14th century (Creation)

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1 volume, containing 270 folios

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Biographical history

Not available at present.

Archival history

Book-plate of Bernard and Thirza Pasco, acquired by Francis Wormald in 1952.
GB 0096 MS 815 14th century Collection (fonds) 1 volume, containing 270 folios Unknown

Not available at present.

Book-plate of Bernard and Thirza Pasco, acquired by Francis Wormald in 1952.

Given in July 1973 by Mrs Honoria Wormald

Premonstratensian Breviary from the abbey of Parc, diocese of Liège (now in the diocese of Malines, Belgium), with a calendar of folios 3-8v.

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

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.
Latin

166 mm x 118 mm. Parchment. Bound in an early 18th century binding with the arms of the abbey on the covers. Includes the press-mark 'I theca XI'.

Collection level description. Hard-copy catalogue also available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

For a discussion of eleven other manuscripts from the abbey of Parc with the same binding, see E Van Balbergh 'Les Critères de Provenance des Manuscrits de Parc', Contribution à l'Histoire des Bibliothèques et de la Lecture aux Pays-Bas avant 1600, Associations des Archivistes et Bibliothequair de Belgique, Brussels, 1974, p 529.

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.

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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Given in July 1973 by Mrs Honoria Wormald

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Scope and content

Premonstratensian Breviary from the abbey of Parc, diocese of Liège (now in the diocese of Malines, Belgium), with a calendar of folios 3-8v.

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Conditions governing access

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

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.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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Latin

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Finding aids

Collection level description. Hard-copy catalogue also available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

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Senate House Library, University of London

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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.

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  • English

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