GB 0103 MS GERM 17 - Legends of the Saints (German)

1 volume containing 265 leaves

The manuscript once belonged to Professor van Ess and later to Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), baronet, an antiquary and bibliophile whose collection included c60,000 manuscripts of various kinds, some relating to the administration of Swiss towns. Various manuscripts were sold after Sir Thomas's death, some to the German government, and were dispersed to several libraries. Formerly Phillipps MS 638.
GB 0103 MS GERM 17 14th century, 1462 Collection (fonds) 1 volume containing 265 leaves Unknown
Headings suggest that the manuscript was written in Cologne.

The manuscript once belonged to Professor van Ess and later to Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), baronet, an antiquary and bibliophile whose collection included c60,000 manuscripts of various kinds, some relating to the administration of Swiss towns. Various manuscripts were sold after Sir Thomas's death, some to the German government, and were dispersed to several libraries. Formerly Phillipps MS 638.

Presented to University College London by Mr Oppenheimer in 1911.

Manuscript volume, 1462: Heiligenlegenden (Legends of the Saints). A parchment leaf at the end of the manuscript bears liturgical text in Latin in a 14th-century hand.

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German, Middle Franconian dialect. Gothic cursive and Gothic minuscule scripts.
Paper manuscript, with one parchment leaf at the end, bound in oak boards covered with pressed leather. Brass clasp. Only half the back cover original. Several hands. Headings and initials in red. 22cm.

Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935), which summarises the contents of the manuscript; 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 Ancient religions Christianity Cologne Europe Germany Religion Religions Religious doctrines Religious groups Religious texts Saints Theology Western Europe

Presented to University College London by Mr Oppenheimer in 1911.

Manuscript volume, 1462: Heiligenlegenden (Legends of the Saints). A parchment leaf at the end of the manuscript bears liturgical text in Latin in a 14th-century hand.

Open.

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

• English

• Latin

German, Middle Franconian dialect. Gothic cursive and Gothic minuscule scripts.

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

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.

• English