GB 0103 MS GERM 18 - Mystical Treatises (German, 1488)

1 volume containing 100 leaves

The manuscript belonged 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 541. Also bearing on folio 1r: Professor van Ess zu Marburg; and the number 156.
GB 0103 MS GERM 18 14th century, 1488 Collection (fonds) 1 volume containing 100 leaves Unknown
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The manuscript belonged 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 541. Also bearing on folio 1r: Professor van Ess zu Marburg; and the number 156.

Presented to University College London by Sir Edgar Speyer in 1911.

Manuscript volume, dated 1488: Mystische Traktate (mystical treatises). Possibly two originally independent manuscripts bound together. Book-guards consist of strips of parchment bearing text in a 14th century script.

Open.

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Low German dialect; Latin on book-guards. Gothic minuscule text; also minuscule on book-guards.
Parchment manuscript in original oak boards, covered in pressed leather and fastened by one brass clasp. One hand. Initials and headings in red. 15cm.

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. Sep 2001 Mysticism Religious doctrines Religious texts Theology

Presented to University College London by Sir Edgar Speyer in 1911.

Manuscript volume, dated 1488: Mystische Traktate (mystical treatises). Possibly two originally independent manuscripts bound together. Book-guards consist of strips of parchment bearing text in a 14th century script.

Open.

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

• English

• Latin

Low German dialect; Latin on book-guards. Gothic minuscule text; also minuscule on book-guards.

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