GB 0103 MS GERM 4 - Prayer Book (German, 15th or 16th century)

1 volume containing 87 leaves

GB 0103 MS GERM 4 15th century-16th century, 1676 Collection (fonds) 1 volume containing 87 leaves Unknown
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Presented to University College London in 1911 by Professor Trouton.

Gebetbuch (Book of Prayers), 15th century-16th century. There are sketches at the base of some of the folios representing views of a landscape, probably in Germany, and two sketches of the Madonna, one of them dated 1676.

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German, Alsatian dialect. Gothic minuscule script.
Parchment manuscript bound in light vellum. One hand throughout. Initials red or blue, or red, blue and gold. Headings in red. 14cm.

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

Coveney gives the date of the manuscript as 15th century, but Ker gives it as 16th century.
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. Jul 2001 Ancient religions Christianity Drawings Europe Germany Prayer books Religions Religious activities Religious doctrines Religious practice Religious texts Theology Visual materials Western Europe Illustrations

Presented to University College London in 1911 by Professor Trouton.

Gebetbuch (Book of Prayers), 15th century-16th century. There are sketches at the base of some of the folios representing views of a landscape, probably in Germany, and two sketches of the Madonna, one of them dated 1676.

Open.

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

• English

• Latin

German, Alsatian dialect. Gothic minuscule script.

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

Coveney gives the date of the manuscript as 15th century, but Ker gives it as 16th century.

Coveney gives the date of the manuscript as 15th century, but Ker gives it as 16th century.

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