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- 17th century (Creation)
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1 volume containing 40 leaves
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Unknown.
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Bearing the number 358469 on folio 1r.
GB 0103 MS GERM 5 17th century Collection (fonds) 1 volume containing 40 leaves Unknown
Unknown.
Bearing the number 358469 on folio 1r.
Bought from the Munich bookseller L Rosenthal and presented to University College London by Professor Trouton in 1911.
Manuscript volume, 17th century, 'Das Crocodil. Ein Schauspiel' (the Comedy of the Crocodile).
Open.
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
German. Cursive scripts.
Paper manuscript bound in red leather. Written in two hands. 22cm.
Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); handlist at University College London Special Collections.
This manuscript has been described in Louis Augustus Triebel's The Comedy of the Crocodile (Eine lustige Comedj von den Crocodil-stechen zu Nürmberg) as preserved in various manuscripts. A critical and historical introduction together with the text of the play (Humphrey Milford, London, 1925; also published by Oxford University Press, 1925), which includes a text of the play based on the Nürnberg manuscript (Nor. H. 703), comparing it with manuscripts at University College London, Munich, and elsewhere.
Source: British Library OPAC. Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. 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. Aug 2001 Drama Literary forms and genres Literature
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bought from the Munich bookseller L Rosenthal and presented to University College London by Professor Trouton in 1911.
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Manuscript volume, 17th century, 'Das Crocodil. Ein Schauspiel' (the Comedy of the Crocodile).
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Open.
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Normal copyright restrictions apply.
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- English
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- Latin
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German. Cursive scripts.
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Finding aids
Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); handlist at University College London Special Collections.
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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