GB 0103 MS LAT 14 - Juvenal's Satires

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0103 MS LAT 14

Title

Juvenal's Satires

Date(s)

  • Late 15th century or early 16th century (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

1 volume containing 92 leaves

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Written in Italy.

Archival history

GB 0103 MS LAT 14 Late 15th century or early 16th century Collection (fonds) 1 volume containing 92 leaves Unknown
Written in Italy.

Bequeathed to University College London by the classicist Thomas Hewitt Key (1799-1875) and received in 1876.

Manuscript volume, late 15th or early 16th century, containing Juvenal's Satirae 1-16 (satires).

Open.

Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Latin. Bastarda script.
Paper manuscript in original covers of tooled calf. Text in one hand, with corrections in several hands. Headings in red, initials in blue. Gold leaf initial and ornamented border on folio 1r. 22cm.

Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969); handlist at University College London Special Collections.

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 Humour (literary) Juvenal , d c 127 , Roman satiric poet , full name Decimus Junius Juvenalis Literary forms and genres Literature

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Bequeathed to University College London by the classicist Thomas Hewitt Key (1799-1875) and received in 1876.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Manuscript volume, late 15th or early 16th century, containing Juvenal's Satirae 1-16 (satires).

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

Latin. Bastarda script.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969); handlist at University College London Special Collections.

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Publication note

Notes area

Note

Alternative identifier(s)

Access points

Subject access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

University College London

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area